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bismarcknd.gov. Bismarck ( / ˈbɪzmɑːrk /; from 1872 to 1873: Edwinton) is the capital of the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Burleigh County. [8] It is the state's 2nd most populous city, after Fargo.
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- Burleigh County, North Dakota
Bismarck is the capital city of the U.S. state of North Dakota. It is also the county seat of Burleigh County. In 2020, 73,622 people lived there. [3] 133,626 people lived in the metropolitan area . Bismarck was founded in 1872. It is named in honor of the German chancellor, Otto von Bismarck.
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Bismarck, city, capital of North Dakota, U.S., and seat (1873) of Burleigh county. It lies in the south-central part of the state and is situated on the eastern bank of the Missouri River. The Lewis and Clark Expedition passed through the area in 1804–05.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Mandan Nation
- Bismarck Is Founded
- Expansion Begins
- Turn of The Century
- New State Capitol
- New High School
- Flood of 1952
- Decay of Downtown
- Discount Department Stores
- Major Retailers Close
The first well-documented inhabitants of what is now Bismarck were the Mandan Nation. The remains of Chief Looking's Village, one of the Mandan towns, is now a park within the city limits, while another six to eight town sites, including On-a-Slant Village, Large-and-Scattered Village, and Double Ditch Village, made up the homeland of the Mandan Na...
Edwinton was founded in 1872 when the North Pacific Railway reached the eastern banks of the Missouri River. The first buildings constructed were at present-day Camp Hancock, then known as Camp Greeley, which was established as an infantry post and supply depot to ensure expansion of the railroad. The name was changed to “Bismarck” one year later t...
The survival of Bismarck was dependent on that of Northern Pacific, which survived bankruptcy and continued the railroad. Upon emerging from bankruptcy, construction immediately commenced on a $1 million bridge to span the Missouri River. The first passenger train crossed the Missouri in 1882, bringing never-ending traffic to the area.
Like most of the country, the 1890s were hard times for North Dakota. The Panic of 1893 was the nation's worst economic hardship to that point, and North Dakota's strong agriculture-based economy was directly affected. To make things worse, Bismarck was struck by a severe fire in August 1898, which destroyed much of the city. On May 14, 1889 the Co...
The state capitol was destroyed by fire on December 28, 1930. The loss totaled $2 million, and North Dakota was faced with constructing a new capitol in the midst of the Great Depression. They chose to construct an art decoskyscraper, which would tower over the city at nineteen stories when completed in 1934. With a simple outside look, and with an...
The 1912 high school building was overflowing with 634 students, forcing Bismarck to construct a new facility. The new Bismarck High School building opened in 1935, and was expected to fulfill the needs of the growing city for many years. In fact, the new building was so large that it also housed Bismarck Junior Collegefrom its inception in 1939 un...
On April 6, 1952, the Missouri River crested at 27.9 feet, resulting in the city's worst flood in forty-two years. Nearly everything south of the railroad was underwater. Two hundred homes were destroyed and the Wachter familyreported a loss of three hundred cattle. The flood of 1952 remains the largest recent flooding for the city.
Bismarck's first shopping center, Arrowhead Plaza, opened in 1954. Northbrook Mall, the city's second, and first fully enclosed shopping center, opened in 1959. Neither mall had much impact on downtown Bismarck, but this marked a changing trend for the shopping patterns of the city.[citation needed] For decades, downtown Bismarck served as the regi...
Kmart was the first discount department store to arrive, in October 1971, and was also one of the first businesses to open north of Interstate 94. Regional discount chain White Mart became an original anchor for Gateway Mall in 1979, but it closed in 1986. Target came with Kirkwood's 1980 expansion, followed by Wal-Mart in 1990.[citation needed]
Beginning in the early 1980s, Bismarck was hit with a string of long-time business closures. A.W. Lucas closed not long after relocating to Gateway Mall, which was replaced with Herberger's until it too closed in 1994 upon expanding its Kirkwood Mall location. Woolworth's closed in 1985, but was quickly replaced with Dayton's. Gateway Mall took the...
BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. The capital of North Dakota and seat of Burleigh County, Bismarck is located in the southcentral part of the state on the eastern bank of the Missouri River. Its sister city, Mandan, is situated on the opposite western shore in Morton County.
