1789: The Confederation Congress, which was acting under the Articles of Confederation, the country’s first Constitution, handed power to the new constitutional government.

1861: President Abraham Lincoln inaugurated.

1863: Idaho Territory splits off of Dakota Territory.

1880: Reporting on a mail delay, that wasn’t noticed by manager Sargent until March 4, it was also reported that the “moon is made of green cheese.”

1880: Dennis “Boss” Hannifin, who had been elected as chairman of the democratic central committee for ninety-nine years, was set to visit Washington, to witness the inauguration of General Hancock. However, Hancock would lose the presidential race to James Garfield.

1884: Acquitted. In the case of the United States vs. John A. McLean, of Bismarck, a jury had brought in a verdict of not guilty. McLean had been charged with cutting and removing wood from the Fort Lincoln military reservation. The jury ruled that the prosecution, pushed by U.S. district attorney Campbell, was approaching a personal vindictiveness “towards a Bismarck man on general principal.”

1887: John Werkner, who was herding cattle west of the Missouri, in the Little Heart valley, wandered away “from the range.” After roaming for fifty hours, Werkner was taken in by a family on the Cannon Ball river, and later taken to Fort Lincoln, to be treated. Having frozen his feet so badly, Werkner had to have both feet amputated. After his surgery, he returned home to Ohio.

1915: Two men from Flasher, Al Lange and Carl Brown, were arrested for “peddling liquor contrary to the prohibition statues.”

1933: Governor William Langer, by executive order, declared a moratorium on farm foreclosures.

1966: The “Storm of the Century” ends. Raging through the area from March 2-4, a late spring blizzard had struck North Dakota. Over 22 inches of snow fell on that area.