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This Day In History, October 7, 1872 – The first train pulls into Jamestown. *** from the 125th Anniversary Calendar of Jamestown History & Wikipedia*** First railroad passenger train arrives in Jamestown. (*) Congress...
This Day In History, October 2, 1907 – Sousa plays Lloyd’s Opera House. *** from the 125th Anniversary Calendar of Jamestown History *** (CSi) The Sousa Band plays a Matinee performance at Lloyd’s Opera House to huge...
This Day In History, Oct. 1, 1928 – Ground breaking for new Jamestown Hospital building. (1928) *** from the 125th Anniversary Calendar of Jamestown History *** Following Information about Jamestown Hospital, now known as Jamestown...
This Day In History, June 26, 1924 – Dinehart Garage is open for business. . . . from the 125th Anniversary Calendar of Jamestown History. Photo: North Dakota State Archives. Dinehart garage on the corner of Sixth Ave North and...
This Day In History, June 24, 1885 – The Circus comes to Jamestown. . . . from the 125th Anniversary Calendar of Jamestown History. A gala day in Jamestown and for the thousands of people of the streets for the Sells Brother Circus...
This Day In History, June 2, 1931, Air mail comes to Jamestown. . . . from the 125th Anniversary Calendar of Jamestown History. Jamestown becomes part of air mail system as planes begin to fly Fargo to Bismarck route. Photo from the Smithsonian...
This Day In History, May 25, 1882 – New Brick Making Machine in Jamestown. . . . from the 125th Anniversary Calendar of Jamestown History. Anton Klaus’s new brick machine arrives in Jamestown and is taken to the brick...
This Day In History – August 16, 1887 – Phillip Bauer has decided to rebuild his brewery they burned down last spring*** from the 125th Anniversary Calendar of Jamestown History & North Dakota Beer: A Heady Story by Alicia Underlee...
(AP) On Nov. 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas; Texas Gov. John B. Connally, in the same car as Kennedy, was seriously wounded; a suspect, Lee Harvey...
On August 26, 1982, President Ronald Reagan signed legislation awarding fiction author Louis L’Amour the Congressional Gold Medal, an honor approved by the 97th Congress(1981–1983) on August 2, 1982. It was not until September 24, 1983...
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