ERIKSMOEN
Eriksmoen: Political farmer drew North Dakota’s state rank 
The man who determined that North Dakota would become the 40th state admitted to the Union was a bonanza farmer and a newly elected U.S. senator.
By Curtis Eriksmoen , March 20, 2011
Eriksmoen: Early newspaper editor also first published poet
The first person to edit a newspaper for more than a month in what is now North Dakota was also the first published poet in the state.
By Curtis Eriksmoen , March 06, 2011
Eriksmoen: Political battle heated up 1920s Bowman, ND
Intense regional political feuds are common in North Dakota, but the one that was perhaps the most intense occurred in Bowman during the second decade of the 20th century.
By Curtis Eriksmoen , February 27, 2011
Eriksmoen: Man went from student news to magazine founder
The editor of the University of North Dakota’s college newspaper, who took on the Ku Klux Klan in Grand Forks, later became the editor of Life magazine and created and edited Smithsonian magazine.
By Curtis Eriksmoen , February 20, 2011
Eriksmoen: Champion for pure products has legacy at NDSU
The first chemistry professor at the North Dakota Agricultural College, now North Dakota State University, later became president of the college and a U.S. senator.
By Curtis Eriksmoen , January 30, 2011
Eriksmoen: Chemist ‘made North Dakota a leader in pure food’
Considering today’s political climate, I found it interesting that a century ago, the man most responsible in North Dakota for drafting legislation calling for strict government regulations was a Republican who later became a U.S. senator.
By Curtis Eriksmoen , January 23, 2011
Eriksmoen: Interesting transportation came out of northeast North Dakota
The region of North Dakota that has been the focus of several different types of transportation is the extreme northeastern part of the state. The area in and around Pembina has given us Red River carts, Greyhound buses and horse-drawn airplanes.
By Curtis Eriksmoen , January 16, 2011
Eriksmoen: ‘Father of charismatic renewal’ born in North Dakota
The man called the “father of charismatic renewal,” one of the fastest-growing movements in Christendom,” was born in North Dakota.
By Curtis Eriksmoen , January 09, 2011
Eriksmoen: Las Vegas mob boss grew up in North Dakota
The mob boss of the Las Vegas syndicate who built the city into the gambling capital of the U.S. grew up in North Dakota.
By Curtis Eriksmoen , January 02, 2011
Eriksmoen: What happened to North Dakota ballplayer after ban?
A few key players for the 1919 Chicago White Sox baseball team intentionally lost the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds.
By Curtis Eriksmoen , December 27, 2010
Eriksmoen: North Dakota ballplayer accused of fixing 1919 World Series
A ringleader in major league baseball’s biggest scandal later played ball in North Dakota.
By Curtis Eriksmoen , December 19, 2010
Eriksmoen: North Dakota woman changed the way many people pray
According to the October 2006 edition of Christianity Today, Rosalind Rinker’s book “Prayer: Conversing with God” was voted by the magazine editors as the most important book to “have shaped evangelicals” in the past 50 years.
By Curtis Eriksmoen , December 12, 2010
Eriksmoen: Two major league umpires once played in Minot
In the past 50 years, there have been fewer than 200 major league umpires, and two of them once played baseball in Minot.
By Curtis Eriksmoen , November 28, 2010
Eriksmoen: UND head football coach served on Supreme Court
In 1992, former Minnesota Vikings all-pro Alan Page was elected to a seat on the Minnesota Supreme Court. He wasn’t the first star of the gridiron to be elected to a state’s highest court.
By Curtis Eriksmoen , November 21, 2010
Eriksmoen: Opponents become friends in Dakota Territory
Two college roommates and “good friends” at West Point later became combative opponents in the Civil War when they led cavalry units against each other on the battlefield.
By Curtis Eriksmoen , November 08, 2010
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