50
YEARS BEFORE NORTH DAKOTA'S RATIFICATION OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
Part of North Dakota, explored and mapped by John C.
Frémont and Joseph N. Nicollet.
1845
Fur trading
post, Fort Berthold established in North Dakota.
1848
Mission field
opened by Father George Anthony Belcourt in the Pembina
County area, North Dakota.
1851
First post
office opened in the Pembina County area, North Dakota.
1861
March 2, The Dakota Territory became official with the
signing of the Territorial Act by President Buchanan.
APRIL - BEGINNING OF
THE CIVIL WAR
1864
Civil War period
'The Frontier
Scout' issued at Fort Union, first newspaper published
in North Dakota.
1865
MAY -
ENDING OF THE CIVIL WAR
1866
Fort Buford,
a military post established in North Dakota.
1867
Fort Ransom,
established in North Dakota.
Fort Stevenson,
established in North Dakota
Fort Totten,
established in North Dakota.
Fort Totten
Native American nation established in North Dakota.
Pembina County
established in North Dakota, seat Cavalier.
Sisseton and
Wahpeton Sioux ceded North Dakota land to U.S. government
by treaty.
1870
North Dakota
population 2,405 residents.
1871
Fargo founded
on the Red River by the Northern Pacific Railway in
Cass County, North Dakota. Coordinates 46°52'N-96°48'W.Attractions &
Recreation : Cass County Historical Society
Museum, Forsberg House
Settlers arrived
in La Grandes Fourches, named by French fur traders,
present Grand Forks in Grand Forks County, North Dakota.
Coordinates 47°55'N-97°03'W.
1872
Camp Hancock,
(today Bismarck) established in Burleigh County, North
Dakota. A military post to protect workers constructing
the Northern Pacific Railway.
Valley City
(Second Crossing), founded in Barnes County, North Dakota.
1873
Camp Hancock(Edwinton)
in Burleigh County, North Dakota, name changed into
Bismarck, in honor of German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck,
to attract German investment in the Northern Pacific
Railway.
Bismarck, appointed
seat of Burleigh County in North Dakota.
Bottineau County
established in North Dakota, seat Bottineau.
Burleigh County
organized in North Dakota. Named after Maine born physician
Dr. Walter Burleigh, county seat Bismarck.
Cass County
established in North Carolina, seat Fargo. Cities/Towns/Townships
:Addison,
Alice, Amenia, Argusville, Arthur, Ayr, Barnes, Bell,
Berlin, Briarwood, Buffalo, Casselton, Clifton, Cornell,
Davenport, Dows, Durbin, Eldred, Empire, Erie, Everest,
Fargo, Frontier, Gardner, Gill, Grandin, Gunkel, Harmony,
Harwood, Highland, Hill, Horace, Howes, Hunter, Kindred,
Kinyon, Lake, Leonard, Maple River, Mapleton, Noble,
Normanna, North River, Oxbow, Page, Pleasant, Pontiac,
Prairie Rose, Raymond, Reed, Reiles, Rich, Rochester,
Rush River, Stanley, Tower, Tower City, Walburg, Warren,
West Fargo, Wheatland, Wiser.
Cavalier County
established in North Carolina, seat Langdon.
Fargo on the
Red River, appointed seat of Cass County in North Dakota.
Captain
Warren Beach of the Eleventh Infantry, accompanied the
Stanley railroad survey expedition near Beach (named
to him) in Golden Valley County, North Dakota.
Grand Forks
County established in North Dakota, seat Grand Forks.
Grand Forks,
appointed seat of Grand Forks County in North Dakota.
Kidder County
established in North Dakota, seat Steele.
LaMoure County
established in North Dakota, seat La Moure.
Logan County
established in North Dakota, seat Napoleon.
McHenry County
established in North Dakota, seat Towner.
Morton County
established in North Dakota, seat Mandan.
Mountrail County
established in North Dakota, seat Stanley.
Ramsey County
established in North Dakota, seat Devils Lake.
Ransom County
established in North Dakota, seat Lisbon.
Renville County
established in North Dakota, seat Mohall.
Richland County
established in North Dakota, seat Wahpeton.
Rolette County
established in North Dakota, seat Rolla.
Sheridan County
established in North Dakota, seat McClusky.
Stutsman County
established in North Dakota, seat Jamestown.
Wells County
established in North Dakota, seat Fessenden.
1874
St. Michael's
Indian Mission, established in Devils Lake, Ramsey County,
North Dakota.
January 4,
Burbank County (later Barnes) established in North Dakota.
County seat Valley City.
1875
Edmund Hackett,
appointed mayor of Bismarck in Burleigh County, North
Dakota.
Fargo incorporated
as city in Cass County, North Dakota.
John McLean,
appointed mayor of Bismarck in Burleigh County, North
Dakota (1875-1877).
Mercer County
established in North Dakota, seat Stanton.
Traill County
established in North Dakota, seat Hillsboro.
Bismarck, incorporated
as city in Burleigh County, North Dakota. Coordinates
46°48'N-100°47'W. Attractions
& Recreation : Fort Lincoln State Park.
January 14,
North Dakota's Burbank County name changed to Barnes
County.
1876
Opening of
the first post office in Valley City, Barnes County,
North Dakota.
1877
George Peoples,
appointed mayor of Bismark in Burleigh County, North
Dakota (1877-1881).
Grafton, settled
on the Park River in Walsh County, North Dakota. Attractions
& Recreation : Homme Dam and Reservoir.
1879
Barnes County
Courthouse in North Dakota, built.
Billings
County formed in
North Dakota, seat Medora.
Emmons County
established in North Carolina, seat Linton.
Stark County
established in North Dakota, seat Dickinson.
1880
North Dakota
population 36,909 residents.
The Great Northern
Railway arrived in Grand Forks, Grand Forks County,
North Dakota.
Pleasant Valley
Siding (present Dickinson), founded on the Heart River
in Stark County, North Dakota. Coordinates 46°53'N-102°47'W.
1881
Dickey County
established in North Dakora, seat Ellendale.
Grafton, appointed
seat of Walsh County in North Dakota. Coordinates 48°25'N-97°25'W.
Grand Forks,
incorporated as city in Grand Forks County, North Dakota.
Griggs County
established in North Dakota, seat Cooperstown.
Rosedale, name
change to Arthur, in Cass County, North Dakota. Named
after U.S. President Chester Alan Arthur.
First stores
established in Arthur, Cass County, North Dakota.
R.B. Thurston,
appointed mayor of Bismark in Burleigh County, North
Dakota (1881-1882).
Walsh County
established in North Dakota, seat Grafton.
1882
Arthur town
site surveyed, in Cass County, North Dakota.
First school
built in Arthur, Cass County, North Dakota.
J.W. Raymond,
appointed mayor of Bismarck in Burleigh County, North
Dakota (1882-1884).
June 10, About
2,000 Standing Rock Sioux left Fort Yates to partipate
on what is called the 'Last Great Buffalo Hunt' near
Hettinger in Adams County, North Dakota, and killed
5,000 buffalo for food, clothing and shelter.
1883
Benson County
formed in North Dakota, seat Minnewaukan.
Bowman County
established in North Dakota, seat Bowman.
Dakota Territory
capital, moved from Yankton to Bismarck in Burleigh
County, North Dakota.
Devils Lake,
city established on Devils Lake, seat of Ramsey County
in North Dakota. Coordinates 48°01'N-98°52'W.Attractions and Recreation :
Sully's Hill National Game Preserve
Dunn County
established in North Dakota, seat Manning.
Grafton, incorporated
in Walsh County, North Dakota.
The University
of North Dakota, established in Grand Forks, Grand Forks
County, North Dakota.
Hettinger County
established in North Dakota, seat Mott.
McIntosh County
established in North Dakota, seat Ashley.
McLean County
established in North Dakota, seat Washburn.
Nelson County
established in North Dakota, seat Lakota.
Sargent County
established in North Dakota, seat Forman.
Steele County
established in North Dakota, seat Finley.
Towner County
established in North Dakota, seat Cando.
April, Medora
in Billings County, North Dakota, founded by a French
nobleman Marquis De Mores.
September,
New York politician Theodore Roosevelt (later President
of the United States) arrived in the Medora area in
North Dakota to hunt the buffalo.
October,
Sitting Bull and about 1,000 Standing Rock Sioux killed
the last buffalo herd roaming the Hettinger region in
Adams County, North Dakota.
1884
First Barnes
County courthouse built in Valley City, North Dakato.
Dickinson,
appointed seat of Stark County in North Dakota.
John P. Dunn,
appointed mayor of Bismarck in Burleigh County, North
Dakota (1884-1885).
1885
John E. Carland,
appointed mayor of Bismarck in Burleigh County, North
Dakota.
Justus Bragg,
appointed mayor of Bismarck in Burleigh County, North
Dakota (1885-1886).
Eddy County
established in North Dakota, seat New Rockford.
Oliver County
established in North Dakota, seat Center.
Ward County
established in North Dakota, seat Minot.
March
13, Adams County in North Dakota, established, county
seat Hettinger. Cities,
Townships, Places : Beisigl, Bucyrus, Cedar,
Central Adams, Chandler, Clermont, Darling Springs,
Duck Creek, East Adams, Gilstrap, Haynes, Hettinger,
Holden, Lemmon, Lightning Creek, Maine, Orange, Reeder,
Scott, Sout Fork, Taylor Butte, Whetstone, Wolfbutte.
1886
J.P. Hunt,
appointed mayor of Bismarck in Burleigh County, North
Dakota (1886-1887).
1887
W.A. Bentley,
appoinred mayor of Bismarck in Burleigh County, North
Dakota (1887-1890).
Devils Lake
incorporated in Ramsey County, North Dakota.
Pierce County
established in North Dakota, seat Rugby.
1888
St. John church
organized in Arthur, Cass County, North Dadota.
1889
November
2, North Dakota ND, 39th
state admitted to the Union
North Dakota Today
: capital Bismarck. Area
70,704 sq.mi.(183.123km²), 19th largest state.
Counties 53 :Adams, Barnes,
Benson, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh,
Cass, Cavalier, Dickey, Divide, Dunn, Eddy, Emmons,
Foster, Golden Valley, Grand Forks, Grant, Griggs,
Hettinger, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan, McHenry, McIntosh,
McKenzie, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Mountrail, Nelson,
Oliver, Pembina, Pierce, Ramsey, Ransom, Renville,
Richland, Rolette, Sargent, Sheridan, Sioux, Slope,
Stark, Steele, Stutsman, Towner, Traill, Walsh, Ward,
Wells, Williams.Attractions
& Recreation : Arrowwood National
Wildlife Refuge, Arrowwood Wetland Management District,
Audubon National Wildlife Refuge, Baldhill Dam Lake
Ashtabula, Beaver Lake State Park, Black Tiger Bay
State Recreation Area, Bowman Haley Lake, Brekken-Holmes
Recreation Area, Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge,
Chase Lake Prairie Project WMD, Cross Ranch State
Park, Dakota Prairie Grasslands, Des Lacs National
Wildlife Refuge, Devils Lake State Park, Devils Lake
WMD, Dickinson Reservoir, Doyle Memorial State Recreation
Area, Florence Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Fort
Union Trading Post National Historic Site, Fort Abraham
Lincoln State Park, Fort Ransom State Park, Fort Stevenson
State Park, Garrison Dam Lake Sakakawea, Garrison
Dam National Fish Hatchery, Grahams Island State Park,
November
20, John Miller elected governor of North Dakota (1889-January
7, 1891).
1890
North Dakota
population 190,983 residents.
Isaac P. Baker
elected mayor of Bismarck in Burleigh County, North
Dakota (1890-1891).
The North Dakota
State University of Agriculture and Applied Science
(former College) established in Fargo, Cass County,
North Dakota.
Williams County
established in North Dakota, seat Williston.
1891
W.A. Bentley
elected second-term mayor of Bismarck in Burleigh County,
North Dakota (1891-1892).
January 7,
Andrew Horace Burke elected governor of North Dakota
(1891-January 3, 1893).
1892
Edward S. Allen
elected mayor of Bismarck in Burleigh County, North
Dakota (1892-1894).
1893
January 3,
Eli C.D. Shortridge, elected governor of North Dakota
(1893-January 10, 1895).
1894
A.N. Leslie
elected mayor of Bismarck in Burleigh County, North
Dakota (1894-1896).
1895
January 10,
Roger Allin elected governor of North Dakota(1895-January
6, 1897).
April 7, John
Bernard Flannagan, born in Fargo, Cass County, North
Dakota. Sculptor, woodcarving, painter.
1896
Edward Patterson,
elected mayor of Bismarck in Burleigh County, North
Dakota (1896-1901).
1897
January 6, Frank
Arlington Briggs, elected governor of North Dakota(1897-August
9, 1898).
1898
August 15,
Joseph McMurray Devine appointed acting governor of
North Dakota (1898-January 3, 1899).
1899
First post office
operational in Flaxton, North Dakota.
January 3,
Frederick Bartlett Fancher elected governor of North
Dakota (1899-January 10, 1901).
1900
North Dakota population
319,146 residents.
1901
Francis Register
elected mayor of Bismarck in Burleigh County, North
Dakota (1901-1905).
January 10,
Frank White elected governor of North Dakota (1901-January
4, 1905).
1902
The 'Flaxton
Bee' newspaper established by W.E. Burgett and E. Drinkwater
in Flaxton, North Dakota.
1903
First hotel
in Flaxton, North Dakota, built.
Garrison town
founded in McLean County, North Dakota, by the brothers
Cecil and Theodore Taylor.
June 17, post
office established in Garrison town in McLean County,
North Dakota.
1905
First school
erected in Flaxton, North Dakota.
McKenzie County
established in North Dakota, seat Watford City.
William H.
Webb elected mayor of Bismarck in Burleigh County, North
Dakota (1905-1907).
January 4,
Elmore Yocum Sarles elected governor of North Dakota
(1905-January 9, 1907).
1907
Beach became
a village, seat of Golden Valley County in North Dakota.
Named for Captain Warren Beach, who accompanied the
Stanley railroad survey expedition.
Garrison village organized in McLean County, North Dakota.
Haynes, founded in Adams County, North Dakota.
Lignite founded, 7 miles from the Canadian border in
Burke County, North Dakota.
Marmath established in Bowman County, North Dakota,
with the arrival of the Milwaukee Railroad.
Francis R.
Smyth elected mayor of Bismarck in Burleigh County,
North Dakota (1907-1909).
Reeder, founded
in Adams County, North Dakota.
January 9,
John Burke elected governor of North Dakota (1907-January
8, 1912).
April 17, Adams
County in North Dakota, organized
by proclamation of governor John Burke, county seat
Hettinger. Area 1,131 sq/mi ( 2.929km²).
1908
Bucyrus, founded
in Adams County, North Dakota. Coordinates 46°03'N-102°47'W.
Arthur Meth
church organized in Arthur, Cass County, North Dakota.
March 22, Louis
l'Amour, born in Jamestown, North Dakota, died June
10, 1988. Western fiction author.
1909
Beach
incorporated as city, in Golden Valley County, North
Dakota.
E.A. Williams
elected mayor of Bismarck in Burleigh County, North
Dakota (1909-1913).
January
17, Samuel Stephen Goldich, born in Grand Forks, North
Dakota. Geologist and petrologist.
1910
North Dakota
population 577,056 residents.
Burke County
established in North Dakota, seat Bowbells.
Divide County
established in North Dakota, seat Crosby.
1912
Electric street
lights in service in Arthur, Cass County, North Dakota.
Golden Valley
County, organized in North Dakota,
seat Beach.
February
1, Harold Schafer, born near Stanton in North Dakota.
Businessman, philanthropist and founder of the Theodore
Roosevelt Medora Foundation.
1913
High school
erected in Flaxton, North Dakota.
Arthur W. Lucas
elected mayor of Bismarck in Burleigh County, North
Dakota (1913-1921).
January 8,
Louis Benjamin Hanna elected governor of North Dakota
(1913-January 3, 1917).
1914
The Mystic Theatre
built in Marmath, Bowman County, North Dakota. Today,
owned by the Marmath Historical Society.
1915
Sioux County
established in North Dakota, seat Fort Yates.
Slope County
established in North Dakota, seat Amidon.
1916
Grant County
established in North Dakota, seat Carson.
March 20, Garrison
organized as a city in McLean County, North Dakota.
1917
January 3,
Lynn Joseph Frazier elected governor of North Dakota
(1917-November 23, 1921).
1919
Dickinson,
incorporated in Stark County, North Dakota.
1920
North Dakota
population 646,872 residents.
May 26, Peggy
Lee, born in Jamestown, North Dakota, died January 21,
2002. Jazz singer, songwriter, Oscar nominated performer.
1921
Amil P. Lenhart
elected mayor of Bismarck in Burleigh County, North
Dakota (1921-1937).
September 21,
Arthur incorporated as village in Cass County, North
Dakota.
November 23,
Ragnvald Anderson Nestos elected governor of North Dakota
(1921-January 7, 1925).
1924
July 30, William
H. Gass, born in Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota. Philosopher
and author 'e.g. 'Omensetter's Luck'.
1925
January 7,
Arthur Gustav Sorlie elected governor of North Dakota
(1925-August 28, 1928).
1928
August 28, Walter
Jeremiah Maddock elected governor of North Dakota (1928-January
9, 1929).
1929
West City Park
Bridge (National Register of Historic Places) built
in Valley City, Barnes County, North Dakota.
January 9,
George Frederick Shafer elected governor of North Dakota
(1929-December 31, 1932).
1930
North Dakota
population 680,845 residents.
1931
September 30,
Angie Dickinson (Angelina Brown), born in Kulm, North
Dakota. Golden Globe winning TV and film actress.
1932
State capitol,
including the governor's mansion and state museum, built
in Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota.
December 31,
William Langer elected governor of North Dakota (1932-June
21, 1934).
1934
June 21, Ole
H. Olson appointed acting governor of North Dakota (1934-January
7, 1935).
1935
January 7, Thomas
Hilliard Moodie elected governor of North Dakota (1935-February
2, 1935).
February 2,
Walter Welford appointed acting governor of North Dakota
(1935-January 6, 1937).
1937
Obert Olson
elected mayor of Bismarck in Burleigh County, North
Dakota (1937-1939).
January 6,
William Langer elected second-term governor of North
Dakota (1937-January 5, 1939).
1939
Bismarck Junior College opened in Bismarck, Burleigh
County, North Dakota.
N.O. Churchill elected mayor of Bismarck in Burleigh
County, North Dakota (1939-1946).
January 5, John Moses elected governor of North Dakota
(1939-January 4, 1945).
50
YEARS AFTER NORTH DAKOTA'S RATIFICATION OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
ND
1839-1939 CASS
COUNTY Timeline
15 Topics
1871
Fargo founded
on the Red River by the Northern Pacific Railway in
Cass County, North Dakota. Coordinates 46°52'N-96°48'W.Attractions &
Recreation : Cass County Historical Society
Museum, Forsberg House
1873
Cass County
established in North Carolina, seat Fargo. Cities/Towns/Townships
:Addison,
Alice, Amenia, Argusville, Arthur, Ayr, Barnes, Bell,
Berlin, Briarwood, Buffalo, Casselton, Clifton, Cornell,
Davenport, Dows, Durbin, Eldred, Empire, Erie, Everest,
Fargo, Frontier, Gardner, Gill, Grandin, Gunkel, Harmony,
Harwood, Highland, Hill, Horace, Howes, Hunter, Kindred,
Kinyon, Lake, Leonard, Maple River, Mapleton, Noble,
Normanna, North River, Oxbow, Page, Pleasant, Pontiac,
Prairie Rose, Raymond, Reed, Reiles, Rich, Rochester,
Rush River, Stanley, Tower, Tower City, Walburg, Warren,
West Fargo, Wheatland, Wiser.
Fargo on the
Red River, appointed seat of Cass County in North Dakota.
1875
Fargo incorporated
as city in Cass County, North Dakota.
1881
Rosedale, name
change to Arthur, in Cass County, North Dakota. Named
after U.S. President Chester Alan Arthur.
First stores
established in Arthur, Cass County, North Dakota.
1882
Arthur town
site surveyed, in Cass County, North Dakota.
First school
built in Arthur, Cass County, North Dakota.
1888
St. John church
organized in Arthur, Cass County, North Dadota.
1890
The North Dakota
State University of Agriculture and Applied Science
(former College) established in Fargo, Cass County,
North Dakota.
1895
April 7, John
Bernard Flannagan, born in Fargo, Cass County, North
Dakota. Sculptor, woodcarving, painter.
1908
Arthur Meth
church organized in Arthur, Cass County, North Dakota.
1912
Electric street
lights in service in Arthur, Cass County, North Dakota.
1921
September 21,
Arthur incorporated as village in Cass County, North
Dakota.
1924
July 30, William
H. Gass, born in Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota. Philosopher
and author 'e.g. 'Omensetter's Luck'.
ND
1839-1939 PEMBINA
COUNTYTimeline
1 Topic
1867
Pembina County established in North Dakota, seat Cavalier.