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March is Women's History Month
Learn the History of Girls Basketball in North Dakota
Girls in North Dakota began playing basketball on organized school teams during the 1890s, wearing heavy woolen uniforms and playing half-court. There were only a few teams in the beginning, and high school and college teams often played each other due to a lack of funding for transportation to distant schools.
Find out more about girls basketball history in North Dakota Studies, an online curriculum used by teachers, students, and lifelong learners.
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Get Your Game On!
Class B Basketball at the State Museum
Take a trip down memory lane during Class B Basketball at the State Museum, March 16-19, at the North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum in Bismarck. See historical items, read newspaper articles, view Prairie Public Television documentaries, enjoy video footage from the past, and participate in hands-on activities for children and adults.
Share your Class B basketball memories with the State Archives. Stories will be recorded during 20-minute sessions, virtually or by phone. Time slots are limited. Make an appointment by contacting Sarah Walker at 701.328.2723 or smwalker@nd.gov.
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Passionate Local Communities Embrace Smaller State Historic Sites
Some local communities have embraced smaller historic sites managed by the State Historical Society.
Lake Jessie State Historic Site near Binford is located in the backyard of the Helland family, who allows public access through their property to the site and has been caring for it since 1955. The community of Bowman has embraced Fort Dilts State Historic Site and feature it in its local museum exhibits. For years, one local historian, Dean Pearson, has printed and posted his interpretive panels telling the story of the site. Meanwhile, the Grenora community works with the State Historical Society to protect and improve the Writing Rock State Historic Site and has been involved in our most recent project of replacing old playground equipment.
Learn more about these history heroes.
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From the Collections
French Vintages on the Frontier: The Marquis's Wine Collection Is the Stuff of Legend
North Dakota History, Vol. 86, No. 1, 2021
The Marquis de Morès kept a well-stocked wine cellar in his Medora home, the Chateau de Morès. After ownership of the home was transferred to the State Historical Society in 1936, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) members were among those enlisted to make much-needed repairs. Legend has it that a group of CCC workers discovered a stash of three hundred wine bottles in the cellar and promptly downed quite a lot of it.
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Archaeology Collection Artifacts Loaned to Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation
The State Historical Society’s Archaeology & Historic Preservation Department has processed and delivered an outgoing archaeology collections loan to the MHA Nation Interpretive Center. Loaned items include beads, projectile points, gaming pieces, bone awls, pendants, squash knives, bracelets, ceramic sherds, ceramic vessels, and other bone, metal, and stone artifacts. The Interpretive Center, located in New Town, showcases the culture, history, and oral traditions of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation.
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Explore the Lewis and Clark Expedition in This Online Exhibit
In an 1803 letter to Meriwether Lewis, President Thomas Jefferson wrote, “The object of your mission is to explore the Missouri river, & such principal stream of it, as, by its course & communication with the water of the Pacific ocean may offer the most direct & practicable water communication across this continent, for the purposes of commerce.”
Visit this online exhibit that answers many frequently asked questions about the expedition undertaken by Lewis and Clark. Extend the experience at the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center in Washburn, featuring engaging exhibits, period artifacts, world-class art collections, and friendly interpreters.
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Treat Yourself at the Café
Visit the café in the ND Heritage Center, where El Coqui, a local authentic Puerto Rican bakery, serves up a menu that includes coffee, sandwiches, cookies, salads, hot meals, and pizzas, plus freshly baked breads and pastries from their downtown location. Hours are Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., and Saturday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
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Enjoy Upcoming Events at State Museums & Historic Sites
March
March 10-12 National Quilting Day Quilt Show, Friday, noon-5 p.m., and Saturday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. ND Heritage Center & State Museum, Bismarck
March 11 National Quilting Day Classes, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. ND Heritage Center & State Museum, Bismarck
March 11 State Archives open, 10 a.m-4:30 p.m. ND Heritage Center & State Museum, Bismarck
March 11 Little Kids, Big World: Dinosaurs Rock, 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. ND Heritage Center & State Museum, Bismarck
March 12 Bluegrass Jam, 1-5 p.m. Camp Hancock State Historic Site, Bismarck
March 16 History Book Club, 7 p.m. Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center near Williston
March 16-19 Class B Basketball at the State Museum, ND Heritage Center & State Museum, Bismarck
March 18 Little Kids, Big World: Time for Basketball Tournaments, 10 and 11 a.m. ND Heritage Center & State Museum, Bismarck
March 18 19th-Century Sewing, Textile Arts, and Projects, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center near Williston
March 25 Little Kids, Big World: It’s (Almost) Spring, 10 and 11 a.m. ND Heritage Center & State Museum, Bismarck
March 26 Thirty Years of Archaeological Geophysics at North Dakota’s State Historic Sites presentation by Ken Kvamme, ND Heritage Center & State Museum, Bismarck
April
April 1 Easter Egg Hunt, 3-4 p.m. Former Governors’ Mansion State Historic Site, Bismarck
April 1 Little Kids, Big World: Rainbows, 10 and 11 a.m. ND Heritage Center & State Museum, Bismarck
April 8 Easter Egg Hunt, 2 p.m. Pembina State Museum, Pembina
April 8 81st Annual Easter Egg Hunt, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Chateau de Morès State Historic Site, Medora
April 8 Fourth Annual Sensory-Friendly Easter Egg Hunt, 2-3 p.m. Chateau de Morès State Historic Site, Medora
April 8 Little Kids, Big World: Easter Egg Hunt, 11 a.m. Please note that there is not candy inside the eggs. ND Heritage Center & State Museum, Bismarck
April 9 State Archives open, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. ND Heritage Center & State Museum, Bismarck
April 15 Little Kids, Big World: Caution, Flying Bunnies! 10 and 11 a.m. ND Heritage Center & State Museum, Bismarck
April 16 Skitch Henderson presentation by Glenn Strom, 2 p.m. ND Heritage Center & State Museum, Bismarck
April 22 Little Kids, Big World: It's Earth Day, 2:30 and 3 p.m. ND Heritage Center & State Museum, Bismarck
April 27 On the Edge of the Wind: Native Storytellers & the Land exhibition opening. ND Heritage Center & State Museum, Bismarck
April 28 National History Day in North Dakota, ND Heritage Center & State Museum, Bismarck
Find information on these and other programs sponsored by the State Historical Society of North Dakota at history.nd.gov/events.
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The State Historical Society of North Dakota oversees the State Museum, the Pembina State Museum, and 59 historic sites. Our mission is “to preserve, interpret, and promote the heritage of North Dakota and its people.”
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