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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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