North Dakota-born Chad Everson, owner of The Clay Empire raku pottery business in Minnesota, remembers North Dakota as a place where people take each other at face value.  He said the simple North Dakota way of life is a priceless inheritance.
“It’s funny how North Dakota sticks with me,” he said.  “It’s what I long to build and create around me, wherever […]

Last TuesdayI walked the deck of a historic battleship, the U.S.S. Texas, at the Battleship Texas State Historical Site.  I was appropriately amazed at the steep narrow stairs, the magnificent guns, the ponderous anchors, the narrow galley and the baking kitchen, where 640 loaves of bread were baked each day. 
The Battleship Texas was one of […]

A recent Bismarck Tribune article indicated that some very well preserved remains of a duckbill dinosaur could be on display in the North Dakota Heritage Center as early as June.  The fossil is one of the best-preserved fossils in the world and includes skin and tendons. 
The remains were found in southwestern North Dakota in 1999.  […]

I discovered a fun new blog today:  The Archaeology of the Mediterranean World, by Bill Caraher, an assistant professor in the Department of History at University of North Dakota.  His latest post discusses how the North Dakota State Historical Society uses podcasts to teach about our archaeological treasures (Scattered Village, Double Ditch, etc.) and the work being done on […]

National Geographic editor Chris Johns has responded to Gov. Hoeven’s letter, in which Gov. Hoeven indicated the recent article on North Dakota didn’t give an accurate account of North Dakota life.
Read the entire Bismarck Tribune article, including Chris John’s letter of response, here.  ABC News is coming to Bismarck to interview Gov. Hoeven about the article […]