There was a writer from Mayville who captured the essence of her town by opening her eyes to the simple beauty around her. Her name was Mary Merilla Hilstad (1889-1973), and her descriptions of her Mayville surroundings are both simple and profound. On this date in 1936, the Traill County Tribune published Mary Hilstad’s impressions of colors in her everyday-life.
For the past three months, Katie Pinke has been reading a small-town newspaper from a place she's never lived or worked in, a gift from someone she doesn't know.
Katie Pinke's family may have been one of the last new subscribers to the Traill County Tribune, a small-town newspaper that recently closed after 143 years of publishing.
Katie Pinke's family may have been one of the last new subscribers to the Traill County Tribune, a small-town newspaper that recently closed after 143 years of publishing.