What do these three men share in common: Sam Houston, Harold Stassen and "Jefty" O'Connor? Answer: All three were candidates for governor in two different states.
A man living in North Dakota was considered such a threat to Nazi Germany's Third Reich that he was put on Hitler's "purge list." This meant that if Lynn Stambaugh was ever identified by Nazi soldiers, he was to be immediately arrested and sent t.
One of those who assisted in the Allied prisoner of war effort to tunnel out of a World War II German concentration camp was a noted musician and prominent physician from North Dakota.
"Did You Know That" columnist Curt Eriksmoen begins the story of T. Keith Glennan, who was born in Enderlin, N.D., and played a role in the early days of "talking" motion pictures.
It has been reported that an incumbent North Dakota Republican governor was forced off the ticket a little over a month before the election because he faced stiff opposition from Red River Valley Republicans.