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The fire damaged a large area due to a burst pipe leaving no available water at the scene. [27] 1894 – Great Hinckley Fire, Minnesota was a firestorm that destroyed several towns; over 400 killed. 1894 – A fire affected the business section of Frederick, South Dakota, causing over $100,000 in damage.
The Biesterfeldt Site (Shahienawoju in Lakota, and designated by the Smithsonian trinomial 32RM1) is an archaeological site near Lisbon, North Dakota, United States, located along the Sheyenne River. The site is the only documented village of earth lodges in the watershed of the Red River , and the only one that has been unambiguously ...
Lisbon was founded in 1880 by Joseph L. Colton, who named the new city after Lisbon, New York, his wife's hometown, not after Portugal's capital. [6] Within four years, the town had a newspaper, the Star. [7] The campus of the North Dakota Veterans Home, established in 1891, provides retirement living for military veterans.
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Nov. 9—LISBON — Turnout among Lisbon residents was strong in Tuesday's election at the Lisbon High School gym as national and statewide issues drove voters to the polls. But unlike most Maine ...
March 3 – A leak on the Dakota Access Pipeline in Watford City, North Dakota spilled approximately 84 gallons of oil, contaminating local snow and soil. The leak was contained before it could reach any waterways. March 5 – An oil spill due to an above-ground valve malfunction on the Dakota Access Pipeline occurred in Mercer County, North ...
The 1755 Lisbon earthquake, also known as the Great Lisbon earthquake, impacted Portugal, the Iberian Peninsula, and Northwest Africa on the morning of Saturday, 1 November, Feast of All Saints, at around 09:40 local time. [3] In combination with subsequent fires and a tsunami, the earthquake almost completely destroyed Lisbon and adjoining areas.
Ransom County is one of the most Democratic counties in North Dakota. In the 2018 election for U.S. Senate, it gave Heidi Heitkamp her 4th-highest total (60.6%), behind only Sioux , Rolette , and Benson counties.