Curtis George Norval Olson was born on March 26, 1908 into a small rural community that would shape...

During World War II, the community of Valley City, North Dakota, demonstrated a strong support...

Before she became Peggy Lee, the woman with the sultry, unmistakable voice heard around the world...

Neil Emery, a lifelong North Dakota resident, served in the G Company, 164th Infantry of the North Dakota...

Brownell Cole served with the 31st Infantry during World War II. Stationed in the Philippines when...

In 2003, on the campus of Valley City State University, former members of the Navy’s V-12 program...

Paul Fjelde’s connection to Valley City began early. After his father Jacob, a Norwegian immigrant...

During World War II, the United States faced a critical shortage of trained nurses as many medical...

During World War II, seven young Sisters of Mary of the Presentation, a teaching order that had taken...

In the early years of Nazi rule in Germany, one North Dakota businessman quietly helped save lives...

Harriet Zetterberg’s path to international service began in Valley City, North Dakota. A graduate of Valley City...

Runyon Peterson was a young American when the United States entered World War II. After graduating...

My name is Harriet Anfinson, former librarian of the Valley City Carnegie Library, and I would like to...

On a grassy hillside in Valley City, large stone letters still spell out a single word: PIONEERS...

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, communities across America gathered for...

Before surveyors arrived or names were discussed, the land here was already telling its own story...

Second Crossing of the Sheyenne, which would later become Valley City, was founded in 1872, and by...

On summer evenings in Valley City, music has a way of drifting through City Park, carried from the...

For more than a century, the Valley City State University footbridge has been a steady presence, linking...

Dr. Joe Stickler, longtime Valley City State University professor, inspired students and the community...

The Medicine Wheel is a way of understanding time through nature. Across the world, ancient cultures...

Medicine Wheel Park is more than just its iconic wheel; it is also home to ancient Native American...

The land itself is understood as a teacher, where the Medicine Wheel rises from the ground not just as a...