On This Day | The Oldest Picture
Many people who come into the Independent office are interested in the 1887 picture of Minot which hangs on the wall here. That picture was taken in the autumn of 1887. The Independent here
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Local history buffs are turning to Facebook to share memories of bygone eras
Social media often feels like a fleeting snapshot of our lives, but many are turning to Facebook groups for a different reason: to preserve shared memories and unique materials. While these communities can quickly gather hundreds of thousands of members, questions linger about the long-term fate of the content collected. What happens to these digital
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How a frontiersman’s tie to a gang of horse thieves likely cost him his life
It’s a real-life Jake Spoon story. And if you’re not familiar with Jake, he’s Lonesome Dove’s warning against falling in with the wrong folks. The tale of Francis Gardipee, Edmund Hackett, and Flopping Bill Cantrell is one such chronicle. These men’s fates intertwined amid the Dakota Territory’s rugged expanses, where the echoes of cowboy vigilantism
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#GoodTalking Minot Flood Protection & History
The Wednesday editions of #GoodTalkMinot featured two keystone conversations — one focused on our future, the other, our past. Watch below as Jonah Lantto and I discuss the status of the region’s flood protection efforts with SRJB and Mouse River Plan Project Administrator, Ryan Ackerman. And for our afternoon session, we were joined be long-time
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