'Top Sleuth of the FBI' Daniel Milton Ladd born and raised in Fargo played a major role in investigating, apprehending and killing criminals in some of the most publicized cases of the 1930s.
Then aspiring writer from Jamestown Louis L'Amour, Peggy Lee, who was born in Jamestown, Tom Mix, the most popular movie star of western films and more got their start in the circus.
At the turn of the century, circus acts crisscrossed the state, but activity slowed down after the First World War, columnist Curt Eriksmoen writes in the second installment of a three-part series.