Back Then with Tracy Briggs

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Midwest memories of the good old days and a few cool people we've met along the way. Find more stories by Tracy Briggs here: https://www.inforum.com/tracy-briggs

  1. 21/02/2024

    Pass the superhero cape, I want to be an archivist

    As one local archivist retires, I take a look at just how important historians are to our community. See more from Tracy Briggs on our website: https://www.inforum.com/tracy-briggs

    7 min

  2. 14/02/2024

    This Valentine's Day, local couples prove that love can be found in the quirkiest ways

    Area couples detail the ways they met their significant others, from Captain America to MTV to a squirt gun. See more from Tracy Briggs on our website: https://www.inforum.com/tracy-briggs

    9 min

  3. 07/02/2024

    How Muhammad Ali once knocked out by a North Dakota blizzard

    Opponents couldn't always clobber "The Greatest" of all time, but 55 years ago, a Fargo snowbank did.  See this and the rest of Tracy Briggs' Back Then stories on our website: https://www.inforum.com/tracy-briggs

    11 min

  4. 31/01/2024

    'With age comes wisdom.' An embarrassingly easy dish for potlucks

    Columnist Tracy Briggs trades laborious dishes to making easy inspired-by-her-sweet-tooth desserts for gatherings. Lazy? You decide. See more from Tracy Briggs here: https://www.inforum.com/tracy-briggs

    13 min

  5. 24/01/2024

    Golf outing in Bismarck launched Minnesota singer to fame in 'Lawrence Welk Show'

    Tom Netherton starred in the hit television show in the '70s, became a popular Christian performer in the '80s, and made national headlines with Kathie Lee Gifford in the '90s. Visit our website to see photos and read more stories from Tracy Briggs: https://www.inforum.com/tracy-briggs

    11 min

  6. 17/01/2024

    A second serving of King Leo's 🍔

    After Tracy Briggs' column on the popular hamburger joint that operated in Fargo from 1961 to 1979, her inbox was flooded with comments and stories, including priceless ones from "Prince Leo." Read Tracy's original column, along with the rest of her work, at https://www.inforum.com/tracy-briggs

    11 min

  7. 10/01/2024

    Long live King Leo's!

    Even with 15 cent burgers and 12 cent fries, Fargo fast food pioneer King Leo's raked in the cash in the '60s and '70s thanks to a loyal fanbase and a fun-loving crew.

    14 min

  8. 03/01/2024

    During a month of tragic headlines, Fargo's skating nuns put a smile on everyone's faces

    News readers might just have been craving some good news. Perhaps that's why Forum journalist Cal Olson grabbed his photo gear and set out to snap a few pics that would undoubtedly put a smile on people's faces. He found himself at the Presentation Sisters Convent at 1310 Broadway in Fargo to take a few shots of the sisters on ice. According to Olson's story on Jan. 22, 1956, "each afternoon for the past several weeks, between 30 and 35 of the nuns have been skating for an hour or so, whirling around the ice on a small rink behind the convent."

    8 min
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