Independence Day 1900 at Spiritwood Lake

Independence Day 1900 at Spiritwood Lake

There are those who say all it takes to bring rain in North Dakota is for someone to plan an outdoor event. That was particularly true on the Fourth of July of 1900 when the festivities brought some much needed precipitation. A headline of the July 5, 1900, Jamestown Alert said “Heaviest rainfall in North Dakota for many years last night and today.” The article went on to call the showers a “million dollar rain” that was anticipated to make the …