AS I RECALL
Halgrimson: Women who have shown me the way 
While going through one of the many boxes of memorabilia in our house, I came across the following poem, written to my mother on her birthday.
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , March 02, 2013
As I Recall: Jazz great Dave Brubeck visited area several times
The first story about the Dave Brubeck quartet in The Forum files is dated Oct., 23, 1956. The review by Francis Schoff begins: “The Standing Room Only sign was out at NDAC’s Festival Hall Monday night as a packed house of students and townspeople applauded and sometimes whistled in enthusiastic approval of The Dave Brubeck Quartet.”
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , December 29, 2012
Halgrimson: Celebrating 40 years at The Forum
On May 1, I celebrated my 40th anniversary at The Forum, and as one is apt to do at my age, I looked back at my years as The Forum’s librarian and columnist.
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , May 05, 2012
Halgrimson: A brief history of Fargo’s Leef Cleaners building
This past week, the The Forum reported on the vacated Leef Cleaners building in central Fargo to be refurbished into a single-family home.
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , March 24, 2012
Halgrimson: Businessman was familiar figure around Fargo
When Fargo businessman Maurice Kaufman was interviewed for a Forum story in 1941 after 56 years of working at the Alex Stern Clothing Co., he was still coming to work at 8:30 a.m. and working until 6 p.m.
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , March 10, 2012
Halgrimson: Fargo scrapped metal for the war effort, including cannon
As I was looking through the online postcard collection at the Institute for Regional Studies, I came across a photo of a cannon in a small park on the east side of the Northern Pacific depot and the west side of Shotwell’s Floral.
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , February 25, 2012
Halgrimson: Shoe shopping in downtown Fargo has changed through the years
In the winter I wear boots, in the summer, sandals. All of my footwear has low heels. I quit wearing high ones when I turned 50, which was a good number of years ago.
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , February 11, 2012
Halgrimson: Old city directories fascinating looks into the past
The first Fargo City Directory was published in 1881 while North Dakota was still a territory.
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , January 28, 2012
Halgrimson: Avalon building has musical history
The building at 613 1st Ave. N., Fargo, might house the Avalon Events Center, but it will always be the Daveau Music Co., to me.
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , January 06, 2012
As I Recall: Memories of Fargo’s Christmases past
When I think of downtown Fargo as it was during the holiday seasons of my youth, I remember the big tree at the foot of Broadway glowing with colored lights.
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , December 10, 2011
As I recall: Fargo-Moorhead Open Forum brought famous perspectives
When the Fargo-Moorhead Open Forum was deactivated by its board of directors in 1967, it had been an educational presence in the community since 1930.
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , October 09, 2011
Halgrimson: Organizations can help with historical research
For those interested in digging into the history of our area and the families who have lived here, the following organizations are some places to satisfy your curiosity:
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , September 18, 2011
Halgrimson: Fargo woman chronicled tales of WWI nurses
Angela Green was a nurse by training. Born in Brainerd, Minn., in 1886, she attended Northern Plains Beneficial Association Hospital, graduating in 1907. She married Paul T. Boleyn in 1911, and a son was born in 1914.
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , August 28, 2011
Halgrimson: Fargo’s Boleyn girl wrote stories of pioneer women
When I first went to work as The Forum’s librarian in 1972, I came across a clipping with a photo of a woman I thought looked familiar. And she was, in a way. It was an article about my great-grandmother.
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , August 14, 2011
Halgrimson: Home has most unique roof in Moorhead
The house at 709 8th St. S., Moorhead, hasn’t always been a part of Concordia College.
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , July 17, 2011
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