Tag: North Dakota
North Dakota Lawmakers Saved a Convicted Killer From the Gallows in 1915
Joseph Milo had already been sentenced to hang when North Dakota lawmakers changed his fate. In March 1915, the state legislature passed a measure abolishing…
North Dakota Father Searched for Answers After His Son Was Killed Beneath Railroad Cars
When G.F. Heath’s young son was killed beneath a string of railroad cars near Apple Creek, grief initially left him unable to question how the…
9-Year-Old Found a Blasting Cap in a Load of Coal and Hit It With a Hammer
Nine-year-old Robert Butterfield had no way of knowing what he had found in a newly purchased load of coal. The small object looked harmless enough….
Widowed Mother Drove Four Children From Oklahoma to North Dakota in a Two-Person Buggy
In March 1911, a widowed mother placed her four young children into a small two-person buggy and began an extraordinary journey from Oklahoma to the…
North Dakota Man Unearthed a Copper Spearhead Near Mysterious Burial Mounds
Oliver Smith was digging on his property near Lake Metigoshe when his tool struck something unusual beneath the soil. About six inches below the surface,…
Man and 2 Horses Killed by Lightning Near New Salem
As a violent electrical storm swept across the farmland northwest of New Salem in 1914, Ernest Bohnke hurried to get two frightened horses into the…
Starkweather Farmhand Killed by Lightning While Standing in Barn Doorway
When a violent summer storm swept across the countryside near Starkweather, North Dakota, in 1905, Burt Martin was asleep in an upstairs room of a…
6 Old Cases of Decomposed Bodies
Finding decomposed bodies was a regular occurrence in the past. In fact, if you would do a search on “decomposed body” in the newspaper archives,…
10 Strange Petrified Bodies and Body Parts Found in the United States
How many petrified bodies and body parts have been uncovered in the United States? Apparently far more than this article can cover. Since the 1800s,…
8 People Who Were Tarred and Feathered
Tar and feathering was a popular method of intimidation, torture, and vigilanteism in the early 1900s. There were numerous reports of tar and feather parties…
