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This Day In History – October 30, 1929

This Day In History, Oct 30 1929 – Cornerstone laid for new Jamestown Hospital Building  . . .  from the 125th Anniversary Calendar of Jamestown History Following Information about Jamestown Hospital, now known as Jamestown Regional Medical Center, from “History of JRMC”: Reverend W.W.A. Keller, Lutheran Pastor, and the first […]

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This Day In History – October 16, 2016

This Day In History – October 16, 2016:    Medina-(CSi)  emergency response teams were called out around 7:30 Sunday night, Oct 16, 2016  to a large  blaze at Diamond W Feeds facility at 102 N.P. Street Northwest, in Medina. More photos at Facebook.com/TheReplayChannel – Like Us & Share! Medina Fire Department was assisted on […]

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This Day in History – October 8, 1908

This Day In History, October 8, 1908 – Jamestown Public Library opens in new quarters in City Hall building.   *** from the 125th Anniversary Calendar of Jamestown History *** The history of Alfred Dickey Library: In January of 1901, Alfred Dickey called a meeting to establish a free reading room in […]

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This Day in History – October 7, 1872

This Day In History, October 7, 1872 – The first passenger train pulls into Jamestown.   *** from the 125th Anniversary Calendar of Jamestown History & Wikipedia*** First railroad passenger train arrives in Jamestown. (*) Congress chartered the Northern Pacific Railway Company on July 2, 1864 with the goals of connecting the […]

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This Day In History – October 1, 1928

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 Regional Medical Center, from “JRMC “Our Legend”: Reverend W.W.A. Keller, Lutheran Pastor, and the first board of directors […]

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This Day In History – September 30, 1877

This Day In History, Sept. 30, 1877 – Flag hauled down at noon at Fort Seward, that time being fixed as the time for vacating of the post.     *** from the 125th Anniversary Calendar of Jamestown History *** from fortwiki.com/Fort_Seward_(1)    Fort Seward (1872-1877) – A U.S. Army post established […]

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This Day In History – Sept 24, 1983

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 that President Reagan presented the Congressional gold medal to Louis L’Amour, the best-selling writer of westerns. […]

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This Day in History – September 21, 1932

This Day In History – September 21, 1932 – Mulzer Flying Service presents an air show.  *** from the 125th Anniversary Calendar of Jamestown History. Photo from State Historical Society of North Dakota.*** Photos: Lifethoughs.com & Newspapers.com  Mulzer Flying Service presents air show featuring the new 14 passenger Ford Tri Motor and […]