Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1883-01-03
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EARLY F1sroRY.

During the administration Of President
jefferson in ls11.-Is3j, Congress author
lied the exploration Of the great unknown
West, by way Of the Missouri river and the
Rocky Mountains, 10 the norther,. Pacific
coast. This created the famous Lewis and
Clarke expedition, which started in open
sail boats with forty.two men from st.
Louis on the l4th OF Nav, 1891. These
were the frs. white men to behold the
now famous wheat grnnary Of the world
Dakota They reached the Big Sioux
river, the present eastern boundary Of Da-
kots, August 81. lSai
All this country, from the present state
of Wisconsin to the Pacific coast was called
WISCONSIN TERRITORY
at the tins Of this expedition, riere
Choteau piloted the steamers Antiope
and yellow st5ae up the Big Muddy in
Dakota iu 1882 aAd tc53. Ia 1872 Lord
selkirk estat!i.had the Oldest settlement
in Dakora, on'the Red river nsar the Brit
ish boundary.
Father d., smtt was the igst m s.ioaa.y
in Dakota, who travelled as far as the
Rockies in $40,
BY act Of Congress in i3i9 portion OF
Dakota was included within the boundaries
Of the newly organized territory of Minae-
sofa.
In 1851 was. con surnmatrd the memoTa-
BILE treaty, when the Indians relinquished
their title TO the iands embraced in the up
per valley of the Big Sioux, covering the
present towns oi Sioux Fails, Flandrau
and MedaIy, including that portion OF
territory lying between the Big Sioux and
the Minnesota state line and taking in the
western shores Of Big Stone Lake.
At the time the territory OF Nebraska
was GRANTED, in ,.54, II embraced con-
siderable pagi OF the present Dakota.
Gen. Harney
OCCUPIED TT. PIERRE
in 1856, with conmani Of ll0D soldiers,
among whom was the Hon. ]. y. 5. Todd,
Dakotas drst delegate 70 Congress.
On Apr! 10, 1858 the lankton Indians
ceded to the government All the land they
owned or claimed, exceps 100000 acres.
Settlers nov commenced coming rapidly,
settling first principally at Eik Point,
yermillion. Piankintol, Siodx Fails, Me-
dary and rian irau The settlers endeayored
to have Congress organize the territory in
1859. On January u, 1861 petition was
sent to Congress ;.pm Yankton, asking for
a territorial organization. The act was
passed in February 1851. and approved by
President Buchanan on the 2nd OF March,
thus giving Dakota
TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT.
The news reached Yankton eleven days
after the passage OF the law. Then Dako-
ia comprised all Of Montana and part OF
Idaho. containing some $4,000 square
miles.
William jayne, Of Illinois, was the first
governor. The population of the terrific.
nv at this time was 2402. The first legisla-
ture convened March II, 1852, and was
composed of nine members u the council
and thirteen members OF the lower house.
They located the capital by law, at iank'
ton. During the summer OF 1862 the SET
tiers received great annoyance at the hands
of the sioux In iisns.
Gold was first discovered in 1852 in Da'
kota. but in what is now Montana.
oxro t1aa proprr
immigmted to these mines during the ioi'
lowing year.
The season of 1864 was gloomy one
The grasshoppers destrovsa ri crops, ans
notwithstanding Gen, SUI Agreat efforts
the Indians killed of goat m any OF tn
settlers. :.
In 1885 Congress appropriated ss''w
TO open mp vi. n roads through Dakota t.
the gold mines Of the mountains,
The Supreme court held its first sessio'
in Dakota july 9Th, 1856 at Yankton.
Wyoming was cut of from Dakota u
1868. In the two years following, immi
grafton began topour in 10y the thousands
The first telegraph line vas constructed
Dakota in 1870, running from Sioux Car,
Iowa, 70 Yankton; and the national cense
showed population of ii,iso Over ~
miles OF railroad was built in Dakota
1871 In ls73-,4 prosperity increased rsI
idly. and rich discoveries OF gold wei
made In the Black Hills, by Gen. Custer
army, and the popu.-aon of the territor
Asd now reached
NEARLY $4,000.
From this time 10 the present nothing
special interest has transpired In tho BIZ