1886: Damaging evidence in the murder trial against Gilbert was seen in court. J.J. Jackman and J. Laudgrebe both testified to having seen the body of Lenz lying in a shack, while Duncan, the Chief of Police of Brandon, Man., testified that he had gone to Gilbert’s camp in order to buy a saddle, where he acquired a watch that had belonged to Lenz. Multiple other witnesses testified as having seen Gilbert and Lenz together shortly before the murder.

– Samuel Falconer, postmaster at Falconer, was indicted by the United States grand jury for suppressing a letter mailed at his office. The indictment was predicted to be fully disproved, as it occurred after a family quarrel among Russian Jews.

– Captain Thomas Woolfolk, who became known in the area as a river pilot and captain along the Missouri, was appointed post trader at Standing Rock Agency.

– Extensive preparations were being made for a St. Patrick’s Day ball, by the Irish National league. Meanwhile, the Germans in the city had a phantom ball, which was well attended.

1890: Captain Fechet, of Fort Yates, had his court martial postponed until April 5.

1891: The city of Bismarck was being hit with one of the heaviest snow storms of the season. Going on for more than 24 hours, it impaired railroad traffic severely.

1901: Mandan was planning on having a busy summer. An Indian school was set to be erected, as well as a state reform school. The entire country around Mandan was also being visited by land seekers, who were looking to take advantage of cheap rates that were being offered by the railroad.

1907: Local solons were uneasy after E.G. Patterson, ex-mayor and then president of the city council and a county commissioner, was arrested on charges of running a “blind-pig.”

1912: The first real fox hunt took place in North Dakota. Two foxes, three hounds and 15 men covered 30 miles of prairie near Mandan. The foxes had been imported from Minnesota.

H.L. Henke shot the first first fox, named Sir Reynard, and was able to acquire its hide. The second fox was taken alive and would be held until a second hunt could be planned.

1913: James Flanngan, lost a number of toes after breaking into the railroad yards in Mandan. Climbing onto a boxcar, Flanngan got his foot stuck being the track and the cars, and his right foot were ran over by the wheels.

1941: After taking a shortcut, Paul Conner found himself without a car. Trying to retrace shortcut along the abandoned Bismarck-Mandan highway, Conner found himself getting stuck after coming to the railroad crossing, where the boards had been moved. Shortly thereafter, a freight train collided, and wrecked, his car.