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December 21, 2023
We don’t know everything about the life of Dr. William D. Wolverton (1834-1922), yet we do know that Dr. Wolverton made several lasting contributions to regional history.
August 8, 2023
Throughout the summer there are 28 special memorial days recalling Indian Wars conflicts. In the Bismarck-Mandan region alone there is the Apple Creek Fight of 1863, Woodcutter Fight of 1872,
August 2, 2023
The next Front Porch Chat is on Aug. 6 in Jamestown.
June 1, 2023
Snow is a common occurrence in North Dakota, but not in June! That’s what the Seventh Cavalry endured for two cold, wet days, stuck in camp in the Badlands, while marching west from Fort Abraham Lincoln. The expedition was headed into Montana Territory, where Plains Indians would later defeat Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and his men at the Battle of Greasy Grass, or Little Bighorn.
May 4, 2023
Josh Kadrmas has pointed his lens at the historic rail bridge for many years, but soon he will have to shift focus.
April 21, 2023
Johnnie Bruguier was both French Canadian and Sioux and learned to straddle both worlds.
January 15, 2023
Captain Henry Marcotte died at his home, No. 9 Carrera Street, early Jan. 21, 1923, after an illness of three weeks.
November 8, 2022
On this date in 1930, the Bismarck Tribune reported on a meeting of the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The speaker for the occasion was Russell Reid of the State Historical Society. Mr. Reid’s topic was North Dakota’s forts.
October 11, 2022
K-FYR 550 is the Legendary Voice of the Northern Plains!
August 27, 2022
History columnist Curt Eriksmoen explains why national newspaper and magazine writers used the