Category: North Dakota
A Premiere Zoo in Rural America
We’ve probably all been to the zoo sometime in our lives. It usually requires a drive to a large city to see it. Not so…
A Big Fish Story
We’ve all heard of fish stories – maybe you’ve even told one. But today I will tell you the biggest fish story of them all,…
A Trading Network on the Northern Plains
It was the site of a vast trading network on the northern plains. It’s history spanned forty years and today, this fort has been reconstructed…
The Knife River Indian Village
Two centuries ago, these villages contained more people than the city of St. Louis…yet only a handful of Europeans and Americans had ever seen them…
Sacagawea
She is probably the most well known Native American woman in our country’s history…a lady vital to the success of an incredible journey two centuries…
An Aviation Pioneer
Carl Ben Eielson hailed from Hatton, North Dakota. He was a pioneer in aviation and helped open the vast Alaskan territory to air travel. It…
The Hero from Hatton
Today we say hello to our listeners on 600 KSJB covering eastern and central North Dakota. Folks there know of a hero who hailed from…
Scenic Route 14: The North Dakota Boy and the Top of the World
Carl Ben Eielson grew up in North Dakota, but his aviation career took him much further north than that. The latest edition of The Scenic…
Beyond Bismarck: Five Fun Visits in North Dakota
Some may think North Dakota has few places to explore. I have found quite the opposite. While cities such as Fargo, Grand Forks and Bismarck…
The Aviation of Carl Ben Eielson
If you live in the states of North Dakota or Alaska and you quite likely have heard of Carl Ben Eielson. His aviation firsts in…
