Dakota Datebook: Titanic impact in N.D.

In 1912, on April 13, passengers aboard the doomed ship Titanic were unaware of what fate waited for them. One day more, and the ship would sink, taking with it approximately 1,500 lives.

The disaster impacted people the world over. Even North Dakota, far removed from the perils of the ocean, was deeply affected. E.W. Chaffee, a businessman and farmer of Aneta, was returning from a European vacati...