The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-05-28
North Dakota In History

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lV smbras ,o in the, the sta, state had been n a part s Of the territory Of Dakota
tory, having y gn n authorized sstzsar governmental err %ssa tS Srsa tazeses n These lands aasn had ID beer been
sna e us p os the s Missouri %f ,n nvero ~ sn left sss de ' When hep" Dakota s@ terr1 foepa Way
organized in 1866, il included Montana and parts Of wyoming and Idaho. It
as . until 1868 that the territory of Dakota ut down to the present
All the Dakota region vas included in tn vast area Of land purchased
Louisiana purchase President Jefferson sent Mervsther Lewis and William
vest sections Of the newly acquired land. The explorers spent a winter in
eeSnu MS'm tn 1 [a Sears T % eo ,meG ss the ep picturesque up French res hi SoSaeeu nye IN T ths
b but practically u 0 settlements vel made mul many years after Lewis and
e Columbia Ss a:ise sH'' JOHN g g. Tsa ont the sS r Rocky s,a mountain ssatal az and e Californian %Horn an es
artist also reached h Devils Lake country in 1s41 and painted there some
But Tor the presence Of large and varuke tribes Of Indians n o doubt
settlers ssn s would n,t,R Sey 1nd Sssn s contested s,a this as fasaes q aaa ' of @ %ee p,I n1rs nu masS
Of the ms early ; set saml. sna ssv M1epcsots ve . q sase 1 is9t t sstf nsFefa BY so tns redskins sst ms
the cold, the struggling and struggling settlers sought to form some sort of
s sHyer recognized Ib by the s Authorities ii s@ at washington ase The settlers ee ed Henry 1enr,
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rno Masters the pioneers ra elected samus, a: J ALBRIGHT nn who however s%s Sn never
qualified for I'll. the s@t a.. albright ", "a a . neSs terpeor mani H. At d Sioux nsn Fails hsn b
sstsnassse 1% y 2 01 1855 ns HTpagst had ha peeoe chief ss't eers Of tt the Mi Minnesota nsoe S iesis
't% wu nc VS. snsaas % Of s Seu4si Tans s a elected ID provisona, governor,
He sn Aes'E q tsss winter ' of i ns t tn go eG frm Sioux aesa"i Fails s te 7 : nataaS but 'i prose
a ae0p rstar ,s "e to s Sssa1S Ta He'G ut was VS. . ' Sa sySf frozen haiti that It as necessary ssssss
to umputate both his legs This was done by a young physician named James
nhe and handsaw.. Despite his physical handicap Brookings vas a mar of
ernor until the government at washington created DAKOTA territory in TIN the
regular form. In 1872 Mr.. Bookings promoted the building of the first rail-
road into the territory.
Abraham Lincons nan is connected with the beginning IF Dakota terri
tory. President Lincoln appointed as first governor of the territory William
jayne a townsman Of his at Springfield, Ill. 1t is also of interest to note
that the frstt territorial delegate elected to congress "a General :. B. S. Todd,
q relative of Mrs. Lincoln.
Governor Jayne arrived at Yankton, the territorial capital, May q, 1861,
and upon that day the organic life of Dakota began. The first legislature met
NMch H. l62 n passed ninety ne general laws, twenty-five private laws
and twenty-one memorials to congress. The Old Settlers Historical society
r was ersa %s1e AND R1eh in s Bon51so by t this hna first Legislature leg tss n@.. among An a the ipcor:
upper house. h afterward vas closely identified with North Dakota. Two
bills granting divorce were passed.
The settlements in the Red river valley constituted the Seventh council
district and included four counties, which we're superseded in 1867 by the
creation of Pembna county. At that period Pembna county embraced a
tract O. country acquired by treaty with the Red Lake md Pembna Indians
Polling places were established att embina, St. 10, Stump Lake, Rock Lake
INC attn Merchants, o the Cheyenne rive.
The nw territory was almost depopulated by the memorable Indian out
break of 1862. Until 1867 there was 10 nw development in the northern
art, or North Dakota. Gradually settlers cam in, and in 1873 the legislature
created a judicial district comprising Pembina, Brooktngs and Duel Counties
with term of court at Pembina. The clerk of court was George l. Foster
The same session of the legislature divided North Dakota into counties, though
later legislatures made various changes in the names and boundaries.
Beginning early in 1871, there as a long struggle for the creation of a new
territory named Pembfna from the northern part of Dakota territory. Had
rms auempt succeeded the state would be named Pembna instead of
North Dakota. Hon. NJ X. Armstrong, Democrat, delegate to congress from
Dakota, introduced the bill to create the proposed new territory. The bill was
reported adversely and tabled in May of the nex year. In 1878 the Penbina
bill was rdntroduced, this time in the senate, at the request of Colonel c. A.
Iounsberry. then editor of.the Bismarck Tribune, the first newspaper printed
in what is North Dakota. The Tribune vas established July g. 1873
also at the request Of Colonel Lounsberry. Bills to create thu Fargo and
Bismarck land districts were introduced att the same session a Colonel Louns
berys instance
Thereafter at each tern of congress for a dozen years the pemb1na terri
tory bill was rentroduced. Sometimes it would passo ne house or the other
and sometimes it would die in committee. Opposition finally seemed to hinge
N the name proposed. Congress woulds seem to prefer Huron at me time and
Algonquin at another time. At last after eighteen territorial Legislative ss
shns lad heen held, three oft them at Bismarck. the division of the big terri
tory int North Dakota n South Dakota took place, and Pembina remains
Ten territorial governors succeeded Governor William Jayne. There were
ten territorial delegates to congress, John B. Raymond being the only one
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