North Dakota News
Friday, November 13, 2026
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 Front Street opens for business. Will Sell Hupmobile automobiles and Pennsylvania […]
This Day In History, June 18, 1872 – Fort Sykes Becomes Fort Cross. . . . from the 125th Anniversary Calendar of Jamestown History & Fortwiki.com. Camp Sykes (Jamestown) officially becomes Fort Cross and is established by Special order No. 80 from the Headquarters Department of the Dakota in St. Paul […]
This Day in History – June 17, 1944 – Roller skating to be held tonight at Franklin School Gymnasium. Free for those with skates . . . . From the 125th Anniversary Calendar of Jamestown History Photo – artist rendering of what it might have looked like. Yes when they roller […]
This Day In History, June 15, 1883 – supplies and tobacco at the post office. . . . from the 125th Anniversary Calendar of Jamestown History and Images of America: Jamestown. A. W. Kelley, the Postmaster, will sell entire stock of books, stationary, pipes, cigars, and etc. at the Post Office […]
This Day In History, June 10, 1988 – Death of Louie L’Amour – from Wikipedia and the 125th Anniversary Calendar of Jamestown History Louis L’Amour dies in California. Born here in Jamestown in 1908. Louis L’Amour’s grave L’Amour died from lung cancer on 10 June 1988, at his home in Los Angeles, […]
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 Postal Museum.
This Day In History, May 29, 1909 – A Fierce Windstorm or tornado strikes Jamestown. . . . from the 125th Anniversary Calendar of Jamestown History. Photos: “Images of America Jamestown” and Pinterest. [easyrotator]erc_53_1527194537[/easyrotator] A Fierce windstorm or tornado strikes SW part of Jamestown. NP Railroad buildings and equipment severely […]
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 yard, a mile and a half east of town.
This Day In History, May 20, 1946 – Northern Airway has two flights into Jamestown. . . . from the 125th Anniversary Calendar of Jamestown History. Northern Airways announce two daily flights into and out of Jamestown
This day in history, May 11, 1911 – Gilbert Horton (Architect) arrives in Jamestown . . . . from the 125th Anniversary Calendar of Jamestown History and The State Historical Society of North Dakota. Mr Horton designs and supervises construction over 600 structures during 67 years as an architect. When Gilbert Horton […]
