Steve Hoffbeck helps get GF property listed in National Register
Steve Hoffbeck, History, wrote a nomination to get the Kegs Drive-In restaurant in Grand Forks, N.D., listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Read the full news release:
Steve Hoffbeck presents on Pearl Harbor attack
Steve Hoffbeck, History, gave a presentation on “The Pearl Harbor Attack, December 7, 1941, and Its Legacies,” on Tuesday, December 7, at 7 p.m. at the Historic Holmes Theatre in Detroit Lakes. Hoffbeck told of the impact of the attack and how Minnesotans responded to the onset of World War II, sending soldiers to the battlefronts and enduring shortages and […]
Steve Hoffbeck presents on Minnesota war veterans
Steve Hoffbeck, History, delivered a presentation entitled “The Home Front In Minnesota in World War II” Monday, November 8 at the Fergus Falls Public Library; telling of rationing, practice blackouts in case enemy bombers hit Minnesota, and the sacrifices of soldiers and citizens during the war. The program was sponsored by the Minnesota Legacy Fund for Libraries, by the local library, […]
Steve Hoffbeck delivers talk on root beer stands
Steve Hoffbeck, History, delivered a presentation entitled “The Barrels: Root Beer Stands of the Upper Midwest” at the Browns Valley Public Library Sept. 15. The illustrated talk explored the history of drive-in restaurants, both nationally and regionally, and focused on the story of the Barrels Drive-In restaurants which began in 1929 in Great Falls, Mont., and spread to eight locations in […]
Steve Hoffbeck joins Dakota writing team
Steve Hoffbeck, History, has joined the writing team for Dakota Datebook, to tell stories of North Dakota’s history every day of the year. Each datebook story is about five minutes long and relates what happened on that date in the past, whether it is an anniversary of a big event, such as the establishment of Grand Forks Air Force Base in the 1950s, or a story that tells about what life was like in the past in the state of North Dakota in connection with a date on the calendar.