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Back Then with Tracy Briggs — 107 episodes · page 1 of 2
Pass the superhero cape, I want to be an archivist
This Valentine's Day, local couples prove that love can be found in the quirkiest ways
How Muhammad Ali once knocked out by a North Dakota blizzard
'With age comes wisdom.' An embarrassingly easy dish for potlucks
Golf outing in Bismarck launched Minnesota singer to fame in 'Lawrence Welk Show'
A second serving of King Leo's 🍔
Long live King Leo's!
During a month of tragic headlines, Fargo's skating nuns put a smile on everyone's faces
A life at Le Mans that started on the prairies of North Dakota
My dad played Santa. My kids were his toughest audience
The day Fargo's grandest hotel became a deadly ice palace
One of America's most popular cakes was made possible by a Minnesota man and a Jewish women's club
These twins helped make history in Valley City then went on to lead parallel yet unique lives
'Leave it to Beaver' star Hugh Beaumont once owned a Christmas tree farm in Minnesota
What covering Kennedy's assassination was like for Forum journalists in 1963
Sure, bison roamed the plains here, but what about the school bus-sized sea lizards with angry eyebrows?
His parents mailed him to Valley City, then he met the Pope
Do you know these people at a 1957 party on the prairie?
Fifty years before a UFO flew over a Bison football game, Barnesville had its own run-in. Or did they?
People used to send their kids through the mail. No, really.
The story of a North Dakota man who survived one of WWII's darkest days and months in a POW camp
This North Dakota duck hunting doc made housecalls and did your farm chores
Why I told my excuses to 'sit down and shut up'
Did you hear about the time the Moorhead Spuds were charged with picking spuds?
80 years ago thousands flocked to downtown Fargo to see a captured Japanese submarine
A movie 'star' once came to Fargo to live in the famous Herbst Department Store window
Local couple embodies the mid-century past with historic home on south Fargo's Ninth Street
Meet the man who delivered 15,000 babies in Fargo
Why WDAY and KVLY swapped networks 40 years ago
After 96 years, a North Dakota man still holds record for longest beard
Why is a former Moorhead High basketball player featured in the movie 'Oppenheimer?'
Not only did WWII veterans defeat Hitler, they gave us access to the chocolate chip cookie
At 100, Gate City Bank seeks to 'live the dream' with a cookie on top
'Come on Barbie, let's go party' in my Barbie-themed guest room
Do you put ketchup on your hot dog? One sausage expert says 'stop it!'
How a boxing match between champ Jack Dempsey and a popular Minnesotan nearly destroyed a tiny Montana town
The mysteries surrounding the Batmobile's visit to Fargo have been solved (mostly)
NDSU hangout was little talked about victim of infamous Fargo tornado
Thanks for being our pal, Penny!
Fargo fans circling the bases to get the superstar candy bar that 'tastes like childhood'
Do you have memories of riding a rural school bus? I'm a little jealous.
Holy windshield wipers! Did Fargo Police really once impound Hollywood's Batmobile?
Why did 'The Music Man' blame a North Dakotan for corrupting River City youth?
I hate math. So why was this math teacher one of my very favorites?
A Moorhead homeowner asks 'who are these people that fell from my bedroom closet?'
5 things that might surprise you about the local YWCA's Women of the Year
I can't keep saying 'goodbye' to Taco John's
Do you know any of the famous Valley City twins of '35?
Do you think their hair is too long? Adults in '66 said 'yes' and kicked the 'hippies' out of school
Four reasons the Midwest is fascinated by gangsters
Did this cabin on Little Bemidji Lake once belong to Al Capone?
A small-town waitress in North Dakota recalled the night she served steak to Al Capone
In the 1920s, a lawman in North Dakota had a dark secret - He was Al Capone's brother
Mourning the loss of our HASH jeans, leisure suits and other vintage favorites
This Clay County pioneer was a handsome, hard-working man with a prickly side
During WWII, North Dakota kids traded in their Valentines to help the war effort, while adults sent Camels
After battling the Great Chicago Fire this N.D. governor became a swashbuckling pirate
Saying goodbye to 'one of the greatest women you'll ever meet'
Amelia Earhart ate dinner with a local family after being stranded at the Fargo airport
Why suspected paranormal activity at a WWII-era North Dakota one-room school reached the FBI
How rescuing a drowning dog eventually lead this Minnesota actress to 'Happy Days' fame
Check out the swanky New Years affair Fargoans attended in 1900
The best thing I ever did to simplify Christmas
Moorhead church solves the mystery of an unusual box hidden in its walls
What are the oldest restaurants in the Fargo-Moorhead area that still exist today?
Recent column stirs up childhood memory of hanging out backstage with John Denver
Does Kerstin Kealy belong in the 1950s and how groovy is '70s-era Dana Mogck?
To heck with the Rocky Mountains, it was Minnesota that inspired John Denver's first No. 1 song
The first American killed in the Vietnam War was born in Minnesota and died watching a movie
She was one of North Dakota's greatest athletes, so why is she still such a mystery?
Moorhead was once the site of Minnesota's worst aviation disaster
Why did one Minnesota town move Halloween? And 5 other surprises from Halloweens past
North Dakota man was once tallest in the world
From satirical photos of Nazis to drugs and abortion, NDSU and Concordia student papers shook up campus
MSUM's first student newspaper shut down for swearing and 'mischief making'
College students in ND used to devour 'Garbage Plates,' and they loved every minute of it
What are the 3 greatest TV lineups of all time?
North Dakota's first Vietnam War fatality died helping others, and a national magazine took notice
Did you know the 1st Minnesotan killed in the Vietnam War was from both Moorhead and Grand Forks?
For the first time, the majority of travelers on the next local Honor Flight will be Vietnam veterans
I'll never forget interviewing 'Little Elvis' 20 years ago. Now he's my co-worker
North Dakotans were along for the ride in 1947's 'Summer of the Flying Saucer'
The surprising things I felt when I visited an ax murder house
These news stories had Forum readers 'glued to the TV set' as kids
Dear West Acres, thanks for the memories
What is the first major news event you remember?
Moorhead's most famous Viking ship could have been destined for failure, but instead it became an icon
The story of The Forum's 'girl reporter' who conquered Hollywood, but never forgot the folks at home
It's been closed for 11 years, but customers of a Dilworth restaurant can't stop talking about that food
Wish you were here! Fargoans once sent postcards of Island Park to their friends
The Prospect House is a hidden history gem in Minnesota lakes country
An Army physician recalls his days as a young patient in Fargo's 'Pest House'
Remembering the Schellhas boys and the Minnesota family's WWII sacrifice
Their school days were so different from ours, but COVID-era graduates have an important message for us
From 'Where's the beef? to 'Let's get Mikey,' what are your favorite old TV commercials?
Did these high school girls really earn letters for eating breakfast?
Do you know these men? Another European cemetery needs your help to find photos of fallen WWII soldiers
Grand Forks high schoolers attempted to set a teeter-totter world record in 1966
What Fonzie didn't tell you about life in the '50s
Were these questionable retro candies part of your childhood?