The first box social, or basket social, in that part of Dakota Territory that became the state of North Dakota--the first such event of which I have found record, that is--took place in a Jamestown schoolhouse in the first week of February, 1883. The Weekly Alert reported, “The basket social of the Baptist congregation at the school house panned out about $65 in proceeds. Col. Daly officiated as auctioneer of the baskets each containing a square meal for two and the name of the lady who was to