America's North Shore Journal

Until this point, there had been little reliable evidence that any Japanese mini sub had penetrated the harbor and been successful in conducting an attack. There are numerous accounts of sightings by survivors of the attack and ships reported contacts and conducting several attacks on presumed subs but concrete proof was limited.

Saratoga Springs, New York: The battle in which Benedict Arnold saved the United States.
Coloma, California: The site of the discovery of gold in California.
Titusville, Pennsylvania: Oil, black gold, Texas tea. First commercial oil well.
Auburn, Massachusetts: The flight of the first liquid fueled rocket.
Ticonderoga, New York: The capture of this fort and the movement of its [...]

This is the first in a series about America. Each post will be a list of ten, people, places, events, and with their effect on America and the world today. Folks my age may know about most of them. I’m not so sure about the youngins.

Today I would like to honor ten Americans who changed [...]

At 12:40 om EST on December 7, 1941, the first wave of Japanese planes began their attack on the United States, at Pearl Harbor Hawaii.

The first Japanese plane shot down during the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Dec. 7, 1941: 2nd Lt. Wells Lawrence and his July bride [...]

John Donovan reminds me that this is the anniversary of a momentous day in American history.

Commandancy of the Alamo
Bexar, Fby. 24th, 1836

To the People of Texas & all Americans in the world

Fellow Citizens & Compatriots I am besieged by a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna. I have sustained a continual bombardment [...]

The Stockstad farm, Milnor, North Dakota, about 1906. I like the decorations around the door to the roof, and the “Tom Sawyer” hats that the boys are wearing. The lovely wife’s father is the babe in arms.

Here is the Milnor, North Dakota, Northern Pacific station.

As best my mother-in-law can recall, this picture dates from the late 1940’s or early fifties. Something about the grain elevator, over on the right.

As a little girl of six or seven, the lovely wife would take the train west, to Gwinner, to visit her maternal grandmother. [...]

I’ve posted a number of photos from before 1940 in North Dakota as a web page, Days of Yore. Here’s one more:

Left to right: Andrew Miller, Jens Olstad, Anders P. Stockstad

These are the town fathers of Milnor, North Dakota. If you ever wondered what the term meant, it’s these guys.

They came to North Dakota in [...]

I’ve collected all of the old photos from North Dakota onto one page:Days of Yore.Go and have a look.