March 17: Where in North Dakota is Carmen Sandiego?

This date in 1989 was a day of anticipation for school teacher Lola Gellner from Perkett Elementary School in Minot. The next day was Saturday, whe...

March 17, 2023
11:36 AM

This date in 1989 was a day of anticipation for school teacher Lola Gellner from Perkett Elementary School in Minot. The next day was Saturday, when she would demonstrate a new educational video game at Dakota Square Mall called, 'Where in North Dakota is Carmen Sandiego?' This was the culmination of an epic quest by the North Dakota Database Committee of the Minot Public Schools. Technology director Craig Nansen and his merry band of thirteen school teachers had researched North Dakota's history and geography, and Brøderbund Software had written the code.

Andrew Alexis Varvel