You can visit plenty of places where presidents were born – but only one where a president started life over again.
A large black cross scars the page for February 14 in Theodore Roosevelt’s diary for the year 1884. On that day, the young New York State legislator lost both his mother and his wife, Alice, the latter to a kidney ailment just one day after the birth of the couple’s daughter. Beneath the cross Roosevelt wrote, “The light has gone out of my life.”
Corne and Conny van Bedaf’s ambition couldn’t fit in the Netherlands. The Dutch couple wanted a larger dairy farm, but so small and densely packed a country offers little real estate for cattle. You cannot let Holsteins graze on the canals of Amsterdam, after all. They would block boat traffic.
There’s no substitute for experience. My own 20 years of experience as a guitar player allows me to quickly spot incredibly well-made guitars. Bismarck native Matt Markel’s 20 years of experience allows him to build them.
Fantastically powerful engines beating their pistons back and forth with zero abandon. Black rubber tires clinging to the hot clay track for dear life. White-knuckled drivers furiously intent on shaving every possible millisecond from their lap times. North Dakota’s biggest racing event of the year! It’s the 32nd Annual Dakota Classic Modified Tour, and it’s returning to the Dacotah Speedway in Mandan this July! Whether you’re a fanatical motorhead or just love a good show, this is one summer night extravaganza you cannot miss.
The Dakota Zoo currently has 125 species on display from all across the world. This summer they are welcoming their 126th: the endangered African penguin!
Drew Papke started out mowing lawns. Mowing, as anyone who has ever mowed knows, is difficult work, but Drew appreciated the opportunities his new business created. By simply showing up on time and paying exceptional attention to detail, Drew quickly turned his new lawncare company into one of the most popular in the Bismarck-Mandan area.