I. Introduction
A. Lead
i. Pretty much my #1 intro I wrote (for now)
B. Thesis
i. Something like: "This once celebrated cow and her monument lie half forgotten and are regarded as more of a curiosity rather than a sign of achievement"

II. Background
A. Historical Moments and collective memory
i. ???
B. The memory group(s) behind your monument
i. The folks who were pushing dairy cattle in North Dakota
a. Specifically those who pushed for the monument, Sam Crabbe (owner), Prf. J.R. Rice (chairmen of Dairy Department), and NDAC President John H. Shepperd (all three were close friends, and dairymen) (working on getting to their papers)
b. The monument (in a more general sense) also served as an example that high producing dairy cattle could be achieved in North Dakota (hence all those with dairy cows)
II. After the big push for dairy in ND, monument only serves as a curiosity and oddity (maybe this goes downstream??)

III. Upstream: The person or thing to be commemorated by your monument
A. Noble's Golden Marguarite ( = NGM)
i. Set state record for butterfat production in 1921 (not broken until 1960s)
ii. Record was 977.7 pounds of butterfat in one year
iii. She was buried in front of dairy building, and monument was originally her grave marker
B. The Improvement (and development) of the Dairy Industry in North Dakota (repetitive theme throughoutt some of my sources from the time)
i. The record "proved" that a quality dairy industry could be created
ii. The monument served as becon of what could be achieved in North Dakota

IV. Establishment of the Monument
A. Established by Crabbe, Shepperd, and Rice (alone? it was their idea).
B. Monument put up in 1932 (exact date unknown at this time)
C. Monument put in front of Dairy Building on NDSU Campus
D. Monument is a bronze plaque on a boulder atop the grave of NGM
E. Plaque describes her record

V. Downstream: Interpretation and subsequent developments pertaining to your monument
A. Grave nearly disturbed in 1963 due to the excavation for a sewer line
B. Record surpased in 1969
C. Monument in place until at least 1978, then moved to present location in front of Sheppard Area
D. NGM remains in same spot, although unmarked
E. Failure of North Dakota to deveop a gigantic dairy industry
i. Distance
ii. Low grade of dairy cattle
F. Decline of Dairy Department at NDAC
i. Dairy Building was given over to the Horticulture Department in 1970s when the Dairy Department was dissolved (in 1970)
ii. Pretty much because dairy was not taking off like it had been hoped too, hence it wasnt a big industry in the state
G. Monument and grave now just a curiosity (need sources on this)

VI. Conclusion
A. Confirm the Thesis
B. Relate your findings to the historical literature
C. Explain your findings to the memory group(s)