In April 1917, the nation was scandalized by the home intruder murder of Alice McQuillan Dunn in St. Paul. Then the truth came out: Her husband, Frank Dunn, had arranged to have her killed.
Few are aware of how active vigilantes were in 1880s Dakota Territory. Ron Berget's book, "Montana Stranglers in Dakota Territory," tells a largely forgotten story.
Where did an infamous mobster go when he needed a little rest and relaxation? Residents of the North Shore and Iron Range have long boasted their backyard as the bootlegger’s land of leisure.
The library in Harvey, N.D., was built atop the scene of a murder. This article, first published in October 2009, explores what people have experienced there.
In the early days of voting in America, bribery, drunken brawls and parades accompanied elections as a public holiday. All of that changed in 1891 with the secret ballot, still used to present day.
Under the bold headline “Murdered for Money,” a Bemidji Daily Pioneer story from June 8, 1904, broke the news that a father and daughter had gone missing from the tiny town of Quiring, Minnesota.
