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The High Plains Reader published an intriguing article, " Gateways to History are Best Kept Open ," by Ken Smith.  Smith focuses on the armory, a building built in 1905 on the campus of the former Manual Training School in Ellendale, ND.  His article also includes an historical sketch of the institution that evolved to become a branch campus of the University of North Dakota before closing in the early 1970s. Work on the armory is now finished and in September, 2018 the current oc cupant of the campus, Trinity Bible College , will host an open house and also open two other renovated campus buildings of similar vintage, a residence hall and the president's home.   Smith comments that , " Saving and refurbishing these structures is an accomplishment that deserves notice around the state and region. It hasn't been cheap or easy, but this good work deserves recognition far and wide."   He also draws an interesting contrast with a controversy involving the Univ...

Dickinson State University in Dickinson, North Dakota is celebrating the centennial of its founding in 1918 .  The institution was  founded as Dickinson State Normal School. The name changed to Dickinson State Teachers College in 1931 and to Dickinson State College in 1963. The DSU Centennial web pages include links to the History of DSU, digitized versions of 72 editions of Prairie Smoke , the college yearbook, hundreds of historic photographs. and information on upcoming events.