Contents

Articles

A Story That Never Was: North Dakota's Urban Development
 Lawrence H. Larsen
 Rogert T. Johnson

The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway and James J. Hill in Dakota Territory, 1879-1885
 F. Stewart Mitchell

American Indian Women and the Catholic Church
 Valerie Sherer Mathes

Annual Report of the Superintendent -1980 Fiscal Year
 James E. Sperry

Features

Historic Buildings of North Dakota:Ray Opera House - Ray

Northern Plains Reviews

Authors' Gallery

Editor's Choice:James Kipp: Upper Missouri Fur Trader
 Erik L. Holland
  Site Supervisor, Fort Clark State Historic Site