The Dickinson press., 1908-08-08
North Dakota n.history

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IN s N sns 81 IN Of ts s'' .tsts lad a's Been r !. par. 1851 81 s sss ,. sss =" e, he S.9 ):
tory. a.1 rron . 1858 ssts Sns1 1851 the arn, great Dakota .ses,,, region E va. unattached terri.
. part Of Minnesota territory, and when that terntsy became ! stt. in iM1
an: md east p Of tss Missouri iss: ei 1 assae ~. '' 's. s outside DE- 'h WHEN sse1 1.sst. .' TERRITORY sss1a "a.
was not aatn 1888 ! that the the territory Sass's q 1s ss.e !. s q DOWN 70; e i, asI present :
An the Dakota s,s region va included IN the .at area e land pulcn..sa
, ssss, ss:'s ss' 's .s' r :ss sss: 3.s !: as' .sas as 4 ss;s et a:.s e I'D a.; w e a:
Clark with a force Of men . an expedition to explore the northern and
camp asss s,:n.set 8. The, we're ss: among tn s. as 8 v sise' mem ' to enter { T' ~sst y
;ssev:s II n r. yss.s to COM co. y H. estssssea : gs q 1! ?syssso a'' II i e:
but practically n o settlements were made until many YEAR, after fer. Lewis I~ sand and
Columbia ss'' s7e se'o Sean g t Fremont %s tie to r sos ssa @ ssss:s At s az o: %ssts e X :.
e,e.sF' per penetrated rated !, tn f1 ns nSsth , a, Devils oast1 lake AXE e., 1s e George George ss osa,n u.
Of his most celebrated Indian portraits e|T@ : 80
settlers would have been earlier in this favored land and much nor e nu u1a%
.: :ss i. s sssy s settler: :s :ss s.: :ssss:s:s : ;s sss::t s:sss set & ! e: s $ &: ssa: sss.
r: :S,'; recognized ,7s ss t ssf Authorities : .F e %sss,s ssssn? T: . ss'ss y ssst s. 5 1sss;
Master, r. q s., sioux ~ a, Fails pr provisional n.s .s governor nor H q, serve, ed until IN sept : 1as
in high s, respect - BY the the surviving wing! pioneers snms, who = . knew him; :. To succeed eov:
qualified for the office Albright =, a J.. newspaper paper. man At Sioux FAILS he
sss%sssc july sss 2 1856 1859 nS Albright had n e sses chief ssit essfs Of r. The Min Minnesota ssssos s sss:
wnnot Broofinss Of SIOUX Falls vas elected provisional governor
Nh Tss st. asi 81 tho sss aiots. 70 ot t 1ss the go e9 fsom R ssss1 ssn " ss 7 : nssss s but n s,%s:
through ua, Ice and IN a Sesams st thoroughly n%t wet sst, before fms. a raging 9, blizzard n.. began;
y amputats both his legs This as done BY a young physician named Jans
= ai a'a anS isnssa% Ss' 6 Do pats ss physician ,sstse%s hsnai sns q sssos an s'a ~as = D %sse OF
e @nen a emery tn and 1e II H : ' TysS,t the great srs, tsfTn %s,o a. s provisional n gov 60.
regular form. In 1872 Mr. Bookings promoted the building of the first rail-
Abraham Lncons name is connected with the beginning of Dakota terri
Jayne a townsman Of his at springfield, H. It is also of interest to note
that thu first territorial delegate elected to congress vas General j F. 8 Todd,
Governor Jayne arrived It Yankton, the territorial capita. May p, 1861,
and upon that day the organic life of Dakota began. The first legislature met
and tre en- 1887: a%a passsa t oie eess es general Tse d 5srs se tSentS a,sta psesat so fsTs
n was created tied. and md ,n s gan.ss.,n by til this m first Legislature aE 4 nem. among An , the ,qsos.
from the Red river valley, and Enoa stutsman. a member Of the council. or
bills granting divorce were passed
creation Of Pembdna county. At that period Pembina county embraced a
Polling places were established at Pembdna, St Jo stump Lake. Rock Lake
The new territory vas almost depopuated by the memorable Indian out
break Of 1852 Until 1867 there was n 0 new development in the northern
created a judicial district comprising Pembna, Bookings and Duel counties,
The same session Of the legislature divided North Dakota into o counaes, though
later LEGISLATURES made various changes in the names and boundaries.
territory named Pembina from the northern part Of Dakota territory. Had
pakota, introduced the bill, to ereatet the proposed new territory: The bin was
Iounsberry. then editor Of tn Bismarck Tribune the astn ewspape printed
in what is n uw' North North DAKOTA d. sat nN The Tribune nrpen wa se established ta ap%'g july 8 p 1873.
Delegate Armstrong again introduced the blu in the house later in the year:
Bismarck land districts were introduced at the same session at Colonel 1ouns-
Thereafter at each tern Of congress for a dozen years the Pembina terri
tory bill wa reintroduced. Sometimes it would pass one house or the other
Algonquin at another time. At last after eighteen territorial legislative SEES
tory into North Dakota and South Dakota took place, and Penbina remains
Ten territorial governors succeeded Governor william Jayne. There wsrs
ten territorial delegates to congress, John =. Raymond being the only oqe
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