THAT REMINDS ME
MARILYN HAGERTY: ‘Air Mail Week,’ state marble championship marked ’38
Marbles and knothole gangs caught the fancy of children around Grand Forks 75 years ago. The second annual state marble tournament was held here on a lot across from the YMCA on Fifth Street.
May 20, 2013
THAT REMINDS ME: 1963 saw ‘planting’ of new crop: Missiles 
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Fifty years ago, the director of the Minuteman program said there was “absolutely no truth” to reports the international missile could not carry its payload to targets in the Soviet Union.
By Marilyn Hagerty , May 14, 2013
THAT REMINDS ME: May ’88: Dust storms, fires and precious few flowers
Firefighters were able to contain a large blaze near the American Crystal Sugar Plant in East Grand Forks 25 years ago.
By Marilyn Hagerty , May 07, 2013
MARILYN HAGERTY: Fundraisers’ message to 1913 GF: Play ball!
Grand Forks in 1913: "A live baseball town"
By Marilyn Hagerty , April 22, 2013
MARILYN HAGERTY: 1938, Grand Forks adopts new form of government
By a margin of 761 votes, Grand Forks voters decided 75 years ago to abandon the commission form of municipal government and return to the mayor and alderman system.
By Marilyn Hagerty , April 15, 2013
MARILYN HAGERTY: April snow and cold is an old story in Grand Forks
If it’s not one darn thing, it’s another.
That’s what residents here were saying in early April 1963, 50 years ago. After a dry winter, a sudden late blizzard hit the area on April 3,
By Marilyn Hagerty , April 08, 2013
MARILYN HAGERTY: Courthouse plans made their debut in 1913
Plans for building a “magnificent new courthouse for Grand Forks County” were front page news in the Herald 100 years ago.
March 25, 2013
MARILYN HAGERTY: Farmers were in the fields 75 years ago
On March 20, 1938, the earliest spring crop seeding was under way in Grand Forks County and neighboring Polk County in Minnesota.
By Marilyn Hagerty , March 18, 2013
THAT REMINDS ME: Hockey team won NCAA title in ’63
Barry Thorndycraft has been doing quite a coaching job at UND. That was the pronouncement of C.D. Locklin, Herald sports editor, 50 years ago.
By Marilyn Hagerty , March 12, 2013
MARILYN HAGERTY: Rooms with bath, $1.50 a night in 1913
President Frank McVey was reported to have been at his best when he presided at UND’s 30th anniversary celebration 100 years ago.
By Marilyn Hagerty , February 26, 2013
MARILYN HAGERTY: ‘Where all who pass might read’ about 1938
Coal dealers were having problems with the union. The Winter Carnival was under way at UND. And the Herald was praising Boy Scout leaders 75 years ago.
By Marilyn Hagerty , February 19, 2013
THAT REMINDS ME: Welcome, 319th Bombardment Wing in ’63
An era of color and decorum was revived here 50 years ago when the 413rd Strategic Wing at Grand Forks Air Force Base was designated the 319th Bombardment Wing.
By Marilyn Hagerty , February 11, 2013
MARILYN HAGERTY: A Grand Forks classic: The All-American Turkey Show
The annual All-American Turkey Show was held Jan. 17-22 at the Grand Forks City Auditorium in 1938. There were 350 turkeys in various classifications entered from a dozen states.
By Marilyn Hagerty , January 15, 2013
MARILYN HAGERTY: 1912 saw issues with prisoners, TB
Whether Grand Forks should have a new courthouse was a big issue 100 years ago. So was tuberculosis.
By Marilyn Hagerty , November 26, 2012
MARILYN HAGERTY: ‘Adequate supply of pure water’ was 1937's Job 1
'An adequate supply of pure water' topped the Herald's 1937 list of goals for Grand Forks.
By Marilyn Hagerty , November 20, 2012
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