Dakota Datebook

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Sinopse

Stories of things that happened in North Dakota and vicinity. Sitting Bull to Phil Jackson, cattle to prairie dogs, knoefla to lefse. In partnership with the Historical Society of North Dakota, and funded by the North Dakota Humanities Council, a nonprofit, independent state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the program do not necessarily reflect those of the North Dakota Humanities Council or the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Episódios

  • March 27: The 14th Amendment and the Railway Tax

    27/03/2024 Duração: 02min

    Section three of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution is perhaps best known for the restrictions it places on who is qualified to be President. But there are four other sections in the Amendment, and one of them directly relates to North Dakota railroads.

  • March 26: Early Class A and B Basketball

    26/03/2024 Duração: 02min

    It was in 1914 that the first official state basketball tournament was played in North Dakota. All participating schools played in one class. The champions from four districts went on to the state championship. The Fargo team won that very first tournament in games played in Fargo at the North Dakota Agricultural College.

  • March 25: Teachings of Our Elders - Dr. Twila Baker, "We Laugh So We Don't Cry" (Part Two)

    25/03/2024 Duração: 02min

    In this episode of Dakota Datebook, we'll listen to Dr. Twila Baker, enrolled member of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation, in part two of "We Laugh So We Don't Cry."

  • March 22: The Western Meadowlark

    22/03/2024 Duração: 02min

    North Dakota is home to over 400 bird species, but the honor of being the state bird goes to only one. On this date in 1947, the North Dakota legislature chose the western meadowlark, which actually isn’t a lark. It is a songbird in the same family as blackbirds and orioles.

  • March 21: Fargo Policewoman Alice Duffy

    21/03/2024 Duração: 02min

    By the turn the 20th century, recognizing the valuable social work women offered, civic groups and municipalities began considering them as police officers. Initially, they worked with delinquent women and to enhance community morality.

  • March 20: Ole Hertsgaard, Kindred Founder

    20/03/2024 Duração: 02min

    It’s a long way from Norway to Kindred, ND, yet deep connections between the two locations still remain. The key link involved the Hertsgaard family.

  • March 19: Epping-Hillsboro Game

    19/03/2024 Duração: 02min

    Today marks the anniversary of one of the most memorable basketball games in North Dakota history as the Hillsboro Burros took on the Epping Eagles for the 1977 State Class B championship.

  • March 18: Teachings of Our Elders - Dr. Twila Baker, "We Laugh So We Don't Cry" (Part One)

    18/03/2024 Duração: 02min

    In this episode of Dakota Datebook, we'll listen to Dr. Twila Baker, enrolled member of the Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara Nation. In part one of "We Laugh So We Don't Cry."

  • March 15: Phantoms Haunt Amateur Basketball

    15/03/2024 Duração: 02min

    Mid-March brings two things to North Dakota: blizzards and basketball tournaments. Tournament time brings both happiness and heartache, as teams from across the state vie to be crowned champions.

  • March 14: Roosevelt County – Not

    14/03/2024 Duração: 02min

    Dakota Territory began the work of organizing counties in 1861. Pembina was the first official county, established in 1867. Some North Dakota counties remain in their original form. Others were carved up. The southern portion of Hettinger County, for example, became Adams County. And the Bowman County story is interesting. Created in 1883, it was eliminated in 1903 due to a lack of settlement, then reestablished 1907.

  • March 13: Remembering Agnes Geelan

    13/03/2024 Duração: 02min

    On this date in 1993, the Bismarck Tribune reported that Agnes Geelan had died three days earlier in a Fargo nursing home. One biographer called her “one of North Dakota's grand ladies.” Another called her “debater extraordinary.” Another called her “a North Dakota legend.”

  • March 12: A Most Cold-Blooded Affair

    12/03/2024 Duração: 02min

    Anna Ingulsrud was 18 years old when she worked as a waitress in a Fairdale, North Dakota. Otto Weberg, 24, courted her, determined to marry. Anna, however, did not return his affection. Weberg became distraught upon learning Anna was seeing another man.

  • March 11: Teachings of Our Elders - Eileen Little Ghost on the Medicine Wheel

    11/03/2024 Duração: 02min

    In this episode of Dakota Datebook, we'll listen to Eileen Little Ghost, Lakota Elder, as she talks about the medicine wheel.

  • March 8: Civil War Pensions

    08/03/2024 Duração: 02min

    Veterans, even those who were wounded, have not always been readily supported. It’s an issue the United States has struggled with since its founding. The Continental Congress pledged money for anyone wounded in the Revolutionary War, but the new government was strapped for cash and didn’t follow through. Veterans of the Mexican American War only received pensions forty years after the war ended.

  • March 7: Legislature’s Voting System

    07/03/2024 Duração: 02min

    For decades, North Dakota’s Legislature had only one way to vote on bills: roll calls of the many lawmakers. That time-consuming method changed with the installation of an electric voting machine in 1947.

  • March 6: The Bank Holiday

    06/03/2024 Duração: 02min

    During World War I, American farmers benefited from high prices. Enjoying the extra income, many borrowed money to buy more land and equipment. But agricultural prices fell suddenly after the war. The cost to produce a bushel of wheat was seventy-six cents, but wheat was selling for only sixty cents!

  • March 5: A Spirited Campaign

    05/03/2024 Duração: 02min

    As 1931 faded into the rearview mirror, the presidential campaign of 1932 began heating up. Held against the backdrop of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl, it promised to be a tough contest for incumbent President Herbert Hoover. Democrat William H. Murray, the governor of Oklahoma, was among the challengers.

  • March 4: Teachings of Our Elders - Patricia Christensen on Traditional Foods

    04/03/2024 Duração: 02min

    In this episode of Dakota Datebook, we'll listen to Patricia Christensen, enrolled member of the Spirit Lake Dakota Nation, in part two of her interview concerning traditional foods.

  • March 1: A Narrow Escape

    01/03/2024 Duração: 02min

    The Gas Light Company of Baltimore was the first American commercial gas lighting company, making Baltimore, in 1817, the first American city illuminated by gas flames. Gas lighting soon spread across the country, although some areas were slow to catch on. It wasn’t until the 1880s that the Dakotas began to light up the night with gas lamps. By the early twentieth century most American cities had streets, homes, and businesses illuminated by gas, with rural areas still dependent on lanterns.

  • February 29: Manitoba Professor Speaks at UND

    29/02/2024 Duração: 02min

    On this date in 1912, the University of North Dakota's student newspaper, The Student, reported on a lecture given the previous Saturday by Dr. Robert Charles Wallace, a geology professor at the University of Manitoba. Although Dr. Wallace was a renowned expert on mineralogy, his topic was not about geology. The title was “Ideals of University Co-operation.” This speech would prefigure his future career in university administration. Indeed, he would become one of the most eminent university administrators in Canadian history.