(n f d = no fixed date)
| Jan. | 1 | Fargo | Ice Carnival |
| 3rd wk | Fargo | Farmers and Homemakers Week, Agricultural College |
4th wk
(usually) | Grand Forks | All-American Turkey Show |
| n f d | Valley City | Ski Tournament |
| n f d | Williston | Old Fiddlers Contest |
| n f d | Varies | State Poultry Show |
| Feb. | 21 | Grand Forks | Carney Song Contest, University |
| 2nd wk | Grand Forks | Winter Sports Carnival |
| 2nd wk | Grand Forks | Hobby Show |
| 4th wk | Fort Totten Indian Agency | Midwinter Fair |
| n f d | Devils Lake | Lake Region Sports Carnival |
| n f d | Minot | Winter Sports Carnival |
| n f d | Varies | State Class B High School Basketball Tournament |
| Mch. | 17 | Fessenden | Alfalfa Festival |
| n f d | Bismarck | State Class A High School Basketball Tournament |
| n f d | Park River | Midwinter Fair |
| n f d | Park River | Ski Tournament |
| Apr. | 4th Fri. | Grand Forks | Engineers' Day, University |
| May | 17 | State-wide | Norwegian Independence Day |
| 17 | Fargo | Northwest Norwegian Whist Tournament |
| 30 | Nishu (Old Fort Berthold) | Memorial Day Ceremony |
| 1st wk | Fargo | May Festival, Agricultural College |
| 2nd wk | Zap | Lignite Festival |
| 4th wk | Grand Forks | Interfraternity Sing, University |
| n f d | Fargo | Lilac Festival, Agricultural College |
| n f d | Grand Forks | May Festival and High School Week, University |
| mid month | Bismarck | State Art Exhibit, Capitol |
| June | 24 | St. John | St. John's Day |
| 29 | Strasburg | SS. Peter and Paul's Day |
| 1st wk | Williston | Upper Missouri Band Tournament |
| n f d | Devils Lake | Rhythm Pageant, Deaf School |
| n f d | Devils Lake | Governor's Day, Camp Grafton |
| n f d | Fargo | North Dakota State Fair |
| n f d | Fargo | Valleyland Music Festival |
| n f d | Grand Forks | North Dakota State Fair |
| n f d | Grand Forks | State Peony Show |
| n f d | Hazelton | Emmons County Breeders Association Stock Show |
| n f d | Nishu | Fort Berthold Indian Reservation Mother Corn Ceremonies |
| n f d | Nishu | Fort Berthold Indian Reservation Sage Dance |
| n f d | Turtle Mountain Reservation | Chippewa Indian Sun Dance |
| July | last wk | Belcourt | St. Ann's Day |
| Aug. | 15 | Elbowoods | Indian Congress |
| 1st wk | Peace Garden | Rededication and Highlander's Frolic |
| n f d | Varies | Golden Grain Festival |
| Sept. | 1st wk | Elbowoods | Fort Berthold Indian Reservation Fair |
| 1st wk | Fort Totten | Indian Agency Fair |
| 1st wk | Fort Yates | Standing Rock Indian Agency Fair |
| 3rd wk | Grand Forks | Harvest Festival |
| 4th wk | Valley City | Barnes County Corn and Lamb Show |
| Oct. | last wk | Bismarck | State Corn Show |
| n f d | Fargo | Harvest Festival, Agricultural Extension Division |
| n f d | Turtle Mountain Reservation | Indian Fair |
| Dec. | n f d | Fargo | 4-H Boys and Girls Club Achievement Institute, Agricultural College |
| n f d | Valley City | Ice Carnival |
SURVEY OF THE STATE
CONTEMPORARY NORTH DAKOTA
Nothing, probably, arouses the indignation of a loyal North Dakotan or South Dakotan more than hearing his State referred to as "Dakota." Just as an earnest Californian would display indignation at being disposed of as merely a "Westerner", so the man from North Dakota resents having his identity fogged over by the blanket term "Dakotan." And rightfully so; for, while he finds no fault with his neighbors, he is quite different from them, and quite within his rights in insisting on the distinct character of his own State.
The person who asks, "What sort of place is North Dakota?" may get a variety of answers, all of them true, and still be far from a complete picture of the State. He may be told vaguely, "It's out West somewhere," or more specifically, "North Dakota is a wheat State," or "Isn't that where the farmers have this Nonpartisan League?" These answers are only partly correct, for they barely touch on the two major problems, economics and politics, in regard to which North Dakota is now coming of age.
This is a young State. Ruts left by the wagon trains of early explorers, military expeditions, and home seekers have not yet been effaced from the prairies. Red men and white men, who hunted buffalo and fought at the Little Big Horn, who saw the railroads push their gleaming paths across the Plains, who recall a puny young man named Theodore Roosevelt hunting in the Badlands with his short-stocked rifle, still survive to tell their tales. In those fledgling days, the land was rich with promise. Bonanza farms unfolded their ample acres of wheat, thousands of cattle roamed unchecked in the gullies and over the plains of the western counties.
The word spread, and from Europe and the eastern States came men and women to break the new soil. Sod houses and barns and frame homes and windmills set their seal on the prairies. Tons of wheat, thousands of cattle and sheep and horses attested to the fertility of North Dakota.