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North Dakota ( / dəˈkoʊtə / ⓘ də-KOH-tə) [4] is a landlocked U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south, and Montana to the west.
- Flag of North Dakota
The flag of North Dakota represents the U.S. state of North...
- Doug Burgum
Douglas James Burgum (born August 1, 1956) is an American...
- Bismarck, North Dakota
Bismarck (/ ˈ b ɪ z m ɑːr k /; from 1872 to 1873: Edwinton)...
- Mandan
Mandan is a city on the eastern border of Morton County and...
- Bank of North Dakota
The Bank of North Dakota (BND) is a state-owned, state-run...
- List of North Dakota Counties
This is a list of counties in North Dakota. There are 53...
- Cuisine of North Dakota
The largest Scandinavian Festival in North America is the...
- Delegations
Download as PDF; Printable version; North Dakota was...
- Kvly-Tv
KVLY-TV (channel 11) is a television station in Fargo, North...
- Climate of North Dakota
General climatology Flooding in North Dakota in March 2010....
- Flag of North Dakota
- Early History of North Dakota
- Late 19th Century
- 20th Century
- 21st Century
- Themes in North Dakota History
- See Also
- Bibliography
North Dakota was first settled by Native Americans several thousand years ago. The major tribes in the area by the time of settlement were the Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, Sioux, and Chippewa. These tribes used at least 349 kinds of plants for food, medicine, dyes, and rope.By the time European trade goods were making their way through native trade ro...
Settlers
In 1861, the area that is now North Dakota was incorporated into the new Dakota Territory along with what is now South Dakota. On November 2, 1889, North Dakota and South Dakota became separate states. Eager to attract immigrants, state officials broadcast widely pamphlets and newspaper accounts celebrating the "Myth of North Dakota." This myth included: 1) the myth of the garden; 2) the "work and win" philosophy that promise to the realization of the American Dream of home ownership through...
Railroads
The success of the Northern Pacific Railroad and the Great Northern Railroad was based on the abundant crops and rapidly increasing settlement in the Red River Valley along the Minnesota border between 1871 and 1890. The initial role of the railroads in opening this area was to commercial agriculture, the relation of James B. Power to "bonanza" farming, the tremendous immigration to this valley between 1878 and 1884, and the extensive efforts of Power and James J. Hill to promote agricultural...
Germans from Russia
Germans from Russia were the most traditional of German-speaking arrivals. They were Germans who had lived for generations throughout the Russian Empire, but especially along the Volga Riverin Russia. Their ancestors had been invited to Russia in the 1760s to introduce more advanced German agriculture methods to rural Russia. They retained their religion, culture and language, but the Russian monarchy gradually eroded the relative autonomy they had been promised. Many found it necessary to em...
On May 14, 1889, the Constitutional Conventionwas held in Bismarck where the Dakota Territory was admitted into the Union as two states. Many entrepreneurs built stores, shops, and offices along Main Street. The most handsome ones used pre-formed, sheet iron facades, especially those manufactured by the Mesker Brothers of St. Louis. These neoclassi...
Since 2000, the state has experienced rapid growth, largely due to the oil boom in western North Dakota's oil-rich Bakken shale. A 2013 census report listed North Dakota's population at an all-time high of 723,393 residents, making North Dakota the fastest growing state in the nation. The population boom reverses nearly a century of flat population...
In his History of North Dakota, historian Elwyn B. Robinsonidentified themes in North Dakota history: 1. Dependence 2. Radicalism 3. Economic disadvantage 4. The "too-much mistake" 5. Adjustment Robinson's history is to date the only comprehensive history of the state, but his analysis has drawn fire. His assertion of a "too-much mistake" in partic...
Anderson, Kathie Ryckman. Dakota: The Literary Heritage of the Northern Prairie State.(1990), quick glance at 200 authorsArends, Shirley Fischer. The Central Dakota Germans: Their History, Language, and Culture.(1989). 289 pp.; the state's largest ethnic group.People also ask
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North Dakota is a state in the United States. About 780,000 people lived in North Dakota in the year 2020. The capital and seat of government is Bismarck and the largest city is Fargo.
Map of the United States with North Dakota highlighted. North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern United States. All incorporated communities in North Dakota are considered cities, regardless of population; there are no towns, villages, or hamlets in the state. There are 355 municipalities.
2023 RankCity2023 Estimate [1]2020 Census [2]1133,188125,990275,09273,622358,92159,166447,37348,377The Beulé Gate is a fortified gate leading to the Propylaia of the Acropolis of Athens, Greece.It was constructed largely of repurposed material taken from the 4th-century BCE Choragic Monument of Nikias and integrated into the Post-Herulian Wall, a late Roman fortification built around the Acropolis in the years following the city's sack by the Germanic Heruli people in 267 or early 268 CE.
The Geography of North Dakota consists of three major geographic regions: in the east is the Red River Valley, west of this, the Missouri Plateau. The southwestern part of North Dakota is covered by the Great Plains, accentuated by the Badlands.
