Brant architect left mark on Toronto Exhibition grounds
At the end of the summer it was often a ritual to visit the Toronto National Exhibition to explore the midway that was founded by Patty Conklin of Brantford.…
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At the end of the summer it was often a ritual to visit the Toronto National Exhibition to explore the midway that was founded by Patty Conklin of Brantford.…
7/9/2013: One of the earliest Red River Valley settlers was also one of North Dakota’s most interesting and little-known characters.
6/13/2013: On June 8, 1896 Richard Omand was digging a culvert on his rented land near Bloomer, Minnesota. A few feet below the surface, he struck something hard. Supposing the barrier to be a large rock, he began removing the tough clay from around it. Lo and behold, it was no rock, but a fossilized human being!
A few old news reports about Deep Ellum in the late 1960s unintentionally document the huge costs of highway-driven demolition.
9/1/2010: It was this date in 1881 that the Northern Pacific Railroad began major operations on the first million dollar project in North Dakota history. And that was when a million dollars could actually buy you something.