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    January 5, 2019
    Blanche O’Brien was the switchboard operator for Hines Telephone Association for 40 years. Courtesy of Lowell O'Brien
    Early telephone operators brought community together
    HINES, Minn. — The earliest telephone systems connected people, eased some of the loneliness and isolation of homesteaders who lived far from...
    business/technologyJanuary 5, 2019 - 4:46pm
    December 27, 2018
    Worker Tammy Pearce packs a recently sold swastika desk ornament in November 2018 at Alexander Historical Auctions in Chesapeake City, Maryland. Photo for The Washington Post by Eileen Blass
    History or hatred? Selling Hitler's belongings and Nazi artifacts stirs a backlash
    He has auctioned the journals of Nazi death camp doctor Josef Mengele for $300,000, Adolf Hitler's telephone from the Führerbunker for $243,000...
    newsDecember 27, 2018 - 1:38pm
    November 30, 2018
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    Enacting Article V: North Dakota, South Dakota among 28 states calling for Convention of the States
    After four sweltering summer months of heated debate, 38 delegates signed the United States Constitution in 1787. It was an extraordinary achievement...
    news/government-and-politicsNovember 30, 2018 - 9:04pm
    November 16, 2018
    One of the many decorated Christmas trees on display at the Festival of Trees in 2013 at the Fargodome. Forum News Service file photo
    What you might not know about the Christmas tree
    FARGO — It’s hard to imagine Christmas without the Christmas tree. It’s like Easter without the bunny or the Fourth of July without fireworks....
    lifestyle/home-and-gardenNovember 16, 2018 - 7:36am
    November 11, 2018
    Kicks Iron. Frank Fiske / Photo Courtesy SHSND SA 1952-02871
    Frontier photographer Frank Fiske's work capturing Standing Rock resurrected in new book
    FARGO — As a boy, Frank Bennett Fiske watched in awe from a trading store window as a wagon procession with a cavalry escort carried the disfigured...
    entertainment/booksNovember 11, 2018 - 6:00am
    ‘Hauntings’ planned for 1883 courthouse
    You tentatively walk down the broad wooden stairs to the basement of the historic 1883 Stutsman County Courthouse. You’re faced with the dilemma of which way to go: a dungeon on the left, or a dimly-lit corridor to the right.
    entertainment/artOctober 11, 2018 - 6:59am
    October 9, 2018
    Teachers invited to museum open house
    Area teachers are invited to an open house reception to tour the National Buffalo Museum on Thursday, October 11 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Explore the museum, learn more about educational programming and see the live bison herd. Education staff will be on hand to discuss new program offerings...
    news/educationOctober 9, 2018 - 6:54am
    September 15, 2018
    Members of the Brookland Literary and Hunting Club view footage from Eve Austin's oral history project on the club. MUST CREDIT: Photo by Doug Kapustin for The Washington Post
    The story of a secret poker society started by pioneering African-Americans
    WASHINGTON - In 1942, a group of university professors, doctors, lawyers, and other black professionals in Washington, District of Columbia,...
    newsSeptember 15, 2018 - 6:00am
    September 12, 2018
    Steam Threshing Reunion set at New Rockford
    The Board of Directors of Central North Dakota Steam Thresher's Association invites everyone to the 60th Annual Threshing Reunion Sept. 21-23 in New Rockford. The Annual Tractor Ride is scheduled for Thursday morning, Sept. 20. This year's feature is sawmills and miniatures. In...
    community/eventsSeptember 12, 2018 - 6:54am
    September 11, 2018
    Education Day set at Whitestone site
    The annual Education Day will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, at Whitestone Hill State Historic Site located near Kulm, Edgeley, and Ellendale. Programs are targeted toward students in grades 4-6 studying North Dakota history, but the public is also invited...
    news/educationSeptember 11, 2018 - 7:07am
    September 10, 2018
    “The Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians” by George Catlin is the oldest book in the North Dakota State Library's catalog. The two-volume set was printed in 1841 in London. Jack Dura / Bismarck Tribune
    Oldest materials in ND state archives, library highlight state's past
    BISMARCK — Wearing white gloves, Stephanie Baltzer Kom gingerly leafed through the fragile pages of 200-year-old documents handwritten...
    entertainment/booksSeptember 10, 2018 - 6:00am
    September 6, 2018
    Fort Totten sets annual event for kids
    About this time in September for 26 years, Fort Totten has come alive with hundreds of school kids learning about life at the military post during the late 19th century. The State Historical Society of North Dakota opens the grounds to youngsters in September to help young people...
    community/eventsSeptember 6, 2018 - 6:52am
    September 5, 2018
    Slow and steady is the rule for the engines taking part in the WMSTR parade, which is held twice a day on the Rollag, Minn., grounds during Labor Day weekend. Vicki Gerdes / Forum News Service
    Rollag steam threshers reunion recriuts thousands of volunteers each year
    ROLLAG, Minn. — It takes a staff of over 2,000 volunteers to keep the crowds entertained at the annual Western Minnesota Steam Threshers...
    business/agricultureSeptember 5, 2018 - 4:46pm
    September 3, 2018
    Image is public domain vintage Rosie the riveter, we can do it poster, with Rosie isolated from the original background. https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?image=76001&picture=we-can-do-it-poster
    Rosie the Riveter isn't who you think she is
    Ask most Americans today to describe Rosie the Riveter and they'll think of the young woman from the "We Can Do It!" poster, her right arm flexed,...
    business/workplaceSeptember 3, 2018 - 3:50pm
    September 2, 2018
    Clay County native and aviation pioneer Florence Klingensmith. Special to The Forum.play button
    Famous flyer: Minn.native lauded in New York Times best-seller 'Fly Girls'
    MOORHEAD — Florence Klingensmith was a woman ahead of — actually, above — her time. The female aviator, called an aviatrix...
    community/peopleSeptember 2, 2018 - 9:55am
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