Lignite coal made homesteading possible in frigid winter weather in western North Dakota. The region had little timber to heat with, and...

One of my favorite landmarks on our North Dakota farm is "Big Rock." You may have guessed that I didn't lead a very complicated or exotic...

The farm I grew up on had teepee rings in the pasture. We had no idea how old they were, or which native tribes had made them. I've read...

I love the sloughs in northwestern North Dakota. A slough--pronounced 'slew'--is a pond at low elevations. They are a mecca for ducks,...

Harvesting in 1906 meant hiring a threshing crew to come to your homestead. Different crews traveled over the area, some coming to the...

Growing up, the farm next to ours--the only one in view from my family's home--was the Hartstrom farm. To me, the house had a grandness...

This past July, our daughter Jana and I went on a search for wild tiger lilies, my very favorite prairie flower. They are becoming more...

Peter Korhonen donated land for the Belden cemetery which was started in 1907. Over the years, many buried there no longer had families...