This Day In History, January 31, 1924 – Russell-Miller Mill closes down.   *** from the 125th Anniversary Calendar of Jamestown History ***   Russell-Miller Mills Company of Minneapolis Minnesota, announces it will shutdown operations Jamestown ending forty years of business.

This Day In History, January 27, 1908 – Mrs A.W. Kelley passes.   *** from the 125th Anniversary Calendar of Jamestown History ***   Caroline Kelley, wife of A.W. Kelley, early pioneer and first white woman resident of Jamestown dies. Caroline’s and her husband A. W. Kelley arrived in Jamestown from the […]

This Day In History,  January 24, 1874 –  The Death of Enos Stutsman. *** from the 125th Anniversary Calendar of Jamestown History ***   Enos Stutsman, namesake of  Stutsman County dies in Pembina, North Dakota in 1874. The following from from Wikipedia. Enos Stutsman’s life on the frontier was particularly remarkable because he […]

This Day In History,  January 12, 1961 –  The Stutsman County Record discontinues publication. *** from the 125th Anniversary Calendar of Jamestown History ***   In  1961 the last newspaper went to press. The Stutsman County Record after 57 years of Publication was finished.   “The Stutsman County Democrat was established here […]

This Day In History, December 30, 1883 – Northwestern Hotel, McGinnis Block, and Dakota House Hotel fall victim to disastrous early morning fire.   *** from the 125th Anniversary Calendar of Jamestown History ***   The picture to the left is an early street scene of Jamestown (from the 125th Anniversary Calendar).  […]

This Day In History, Dec 15, 1915 – Movies come to the Opera House in Jamestown *** from the 125th Anniversary Calendar of Jamestown History ***   Movies come to Jamestown. Dorothy Gish in “Old Heidelberg”  and Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle in “Fickle Fatty’s Fall” are shown on the screen on the […]

This Day In History, December 7, 1941 – Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, Hawaii *** from the 125th Anniversary Calendar of Jamestown History ***   Japanese Planes attack Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.  President Roosevelt calls “December 7, 1941 a date that will live in infamy.” From Wikipedia: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii The attack on Pearl Harbor was […]