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Bicentennial Story #43-Surveyor Veigel
History of the survey work done by Walter Reinhold Veigel (1868-1945)
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Bicentennial Story #44-Herman Breum (Taylor)
Account of the settlement of Herman L. Breum in Stark County.
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Bicentennial Story #45-Richardton-Spring Valley
Description of the naming and creation of Richardton.
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Bicentennial Story #46-Antelope & Taylor
History of towns named Antelope in North Dakota.
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Bicentennial Story #47-Richardton-Windsor Hotel
Article in Richardton Ripples on July 28, 1883 about the opening of the Windsor Hotel in Richardton.
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Bicentennial Story #48-Racial Rivalry at Richardton
Account of entanglements between German and Irish immigrant groups in Richardton in 1883.
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Bicentennial Story #49-Medora Killings
Account of fake murders at a Medora saloon meant to scare travelers on the train.
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Bicentennial Story #50-Silas Gregg (Gladstone)
Account of how Silas Gregg came to settle in Gladstone, ND in 1885.
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Bicentennial Story #51-Ethnic groups in Stark County
Description of the different ethnic groups who settled in Stark County.
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Bicentennial Story #52-Richardton Robbery-1886
Account of a robbery of the Northern Pacific train at Richardton by Billy Newberry and Knut Gibson in 1886.
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Bicentennial Story #53-Governor Jayne-1861
Article about Dakota Territory's first governor, Governor William Jayne.
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Bicentennial Story #54-Bismarck Capitol-1883
James Bryce's account of the laying of the cornerstone for the North Dakota state capitol building in Bismarck in 1883.
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Bicentennial Story #55-Indian Scare, New Salem, etc
Description of preperations made by western North Dakotans in 1890 in case of an Indian attack.
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Bicentennial Story #56-Fort Sauerkraut, Hebron
Description of Fort Sauerkraut in Hebron.
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Bicentennial Story #57-Scalping at Hebron
Account of Sitting Crow, a Hidatsa Indian, describing how to scalp someone.
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Bicentennial Story #58-Stark County Indian Scare-I
Account of preparations in Stark County for an Indian uprising in November and December 1890.
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Bicentennial Story #59-Stark County Indian Scare-II
Account of what the troops from Fort Keogh found when they came to Dickinson on December 12, 1890 to help with attacking Indians.
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Bicentennial Story #60-Richardton Church, 1893
Account of the near collapse of the church in Richardton in 1893.
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Bicentennial Story #61-Minot, 1886
Description of Father Claude Ebner's visit to Minot in 1886.
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Bicentennial Story #62-Fr DeSmet, 1864
Account of the baptism of 292 Mandan and Hidatsa Indians performed by Father Pierre DeSmet at Fort Berthold on June 10, 1864.
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