Fauchald _ New York Store –

Julius Fauchald was an early pioneer in Minot. He arrived in Minot from the lumber camps in Wisconsin in 1888. For two years he was a clerk in the Strain Brothers store, on of minot first mercantile or retail stores. Then for the next two years he was employed in a store owned by Perter P Lee. Eventually he became a partner with G.O. Frank in the New York Store. He bought out Frank’s interest and his brother Morris joined him in purchasing PP Lee’s store and combined it with the New York Store. Julius began sole owner in 1909. The New York Store eventually moved to the corner of Main St and Central Ave. Fauchald sold this buiding to Woolworth and established a smaller store next door to the south called Fauchald’s. This location was sold to Bader’s Women’s Wear after they lost their location in the Waverly Hotel Fire in 1943.

 New York Store - early 1900's

New York Store - 1928

One of a Kind Shop –

 October 1972 – Frank Lysy opened his store at 18 West Central Ave. One of a Kind is an Art Shop featuring a variety of artists work in addition to his own work. Lysy is also involved in silk screening and has that shop in at the same location. He has the ability to print on paper, cloth, plastic and almost any material. The items for sale in his shop included paintings, china jewelry, ceramics, candles and other art objects

I Keating Furniture – 1961

 In 1961, I Keating’s Furniture was located in Downtown Minot on 1^st Street SW, in the location of the Midwest Federal or “Big M” Building. Keating’s Furniture was founded by T.F. Keating in 1934. They were your store for furniture, Bedding, carpeting and draperies. Some of the lines they carried were Henry Ford’s Museum Collection, (a line of early American reproductions), Wakefield furniture, Bigelow and Wunda Weave Carpets and Simmons (Beauty Rest) mattresses. In February, 1961, I Keating’s claimed their one and only sale for the year of 1961 was in its final days
Pictured below is I Keatings in its location on 1st St SW .... Behind the store is the Midwest Federal Building under construction

MSU - MSTC -- WWII Contibutions

Minot State Teacher’s College – May, 1945  Victory Contributions  – MSTC Helped the Air Corp – 1939 – The Civilian Pilot Training began. This evolved into the Navy V-5 Program in August of 1944. A total of 905 pilots were trained during this period. 73 under the Civilian Pilot Training program, 479 thru th V-5 Elementary Course and 353 thru the V-5 Intermediate course. MSTC helped the Navy -- In July, 1943 MSTC received the first assignment of the Navy V-12 trainees. 723 young men were enrolled. 585 were transferred to midshipmen’s school to receive commissions or complete the last phase of training. MSTC Helped the Cadet Nurse Program – 375 young women enlisted in the US Cadet Nurse Corps  after receiving instruction from MSTC.

Parking Meters – Legal?? –

 August, 1947 …. Parking meters were used in Downtown Minot. The Taxi companies challenged the legality of having parking meters. Apparently the taxi companies opposed the use of parking meters by the City of Minot. The North Dakota Supreme Court ruled that inadequate steps had been taken to test the constitutionality of the right to use meters and therefore Minot could continue to use parking meters to regulate the use of its streets. I’m not sure when the meters were done away with but it was sometime after this.

KLPM Radio

At one time KLPM was known as Minot’s oldest radio station going on the air in 1929. KLPM claimed that there was no special formula, just good radio!! KLPM was located at 1390 on the AM dial (FM radio was not around). They were the most listened to radio in Minot, and for a while maybe the only radio station in Minot. KXMC-TV – originally known as KCJB-TV --KXMC-TV was the first television station in North Dakota. The first programs were aired in 1953. They claimed to be the best in TV with shows from AC and CBS. In 1961 KXMC claimed to be the states most powerful TV station

 KLPM Broadcast

KCJB & KXMC

House Factory – 1965 –

Day & Zimmerman-Madway had a contract to build houses for the Minot Air Force Base. The plant was located just east of the North Dakota State Fair Grounds. At the onset over 165 men were employed turning out two houses a day. Plans were to hire an additional 100 men, go to 10 hour days and produce 5 houses per day. The House Factory used specialized cranes capable of lifting the 15 ton houses on to trucks for delivery. The Minot Air Force Base was expected to need about 800 houses. Other prospective clients were Grand Forks AFB and Malmstrom AFB in Great Falls, Montana