Dakota Datebook: State loses its marbles; Look! Up in the sky!

State loses its marbles

All across North Dakota in 1937, boys and girls age 14 or younger were preparing to go head-to-head in a great marble tournament.

Depending on size of the community, schools held tournaments first; then cities held their own tournaments, waiting for the best player to shoot his or her way to the top. Next, county tournaments separated, and then, tri-county tournaments. Fina...