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href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota_L%C3%A9ng-th%C3%B3%CD%98" title="Dakota Léng-thó͘ – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Dakota Léng-thó͘" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territori_de_Dakota" title="Territori de Dakota – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Territori de Dakota" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota_Territoriet" title="Dakota Territoriet – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Dakota Territoriet" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota-Territorium" title="Dakota-Territorium – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Dakota-Territorium" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorio_de_Dakota" title="Territorio de Dakota – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Territorio de Dakota" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakotako_Lurraldea" title="Dakotako Lurraldea – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Dakotako Lurraldea" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territoire_du_Dakota" title="Territoire du Dakota – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Territoire du Dakota" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorio_de_Dacota" title="Territorio de Dacota – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Territorio de Dacota" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8B%A4%EC%BD%94%ED%83%80_%EC%A4%80%EC%A3%BC" title="다코타 준주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="다코타 준주" data-language-autonym="한국어" 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דקוטה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="טריטוריית דקוטה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%92%E1%80%AB%E1%80%80%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%90%E1%80%AC_%E1%80%94%E1%80%9A%E1%80%BA%E1%80%99%E1%80%BC%E1%80%B1" title="ဒါကိုတာ နယ်မြေ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဒါကိုတာ နယ်မြေ" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakotaterritorium" title="Dakotaterritorium – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Dakotaterritorium" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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org">Territory of Dakota</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader category"><a href="/wiki/Organized_incorporated_territories_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Organized incorporated territories of the United States">Organized incorporated territory</a> of the United States</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader category">1861–1889</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:DakotaTerritory.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/DakotaTerritory.png/220px-DakotaTerritory.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/DakotaTerritory.png/330px-DakotaTerritory.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/DakotaTerritory.png/440px-DakotaTerritory.png 2x" data-file-width="706" data-file-height="480" /></a></span><br /></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yankton,_South_Dakota" title="Yankton, South Dakota">Yankton</a> (1861–1883)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Bismarck,_North_Dakota" title="Bismarck, North Dakota">Bismarck</a> (1883–1889)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"> • Type</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Organized incorporated territory</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">History</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Created from <a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Territory" title="Nebraska Territory">Nebraska</a> and unorganized territories </div></th><td class="infobox-data">2 March 1861</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Idaho_Territory" title="Idaho Territory">Idaho Territory</a> split off </div></th><td class="infobox-data">March 4, 1863</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Land received from Idaho Territory </div></th><td class="infobox-data">May 28, 1864</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Wyoming_Territory" title="Wyoming Territory">Wyoming Territory</a> split off </div></th><td class="infobox-data">July 25, 1868</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/North_Dakota" title="North Dakota">North Dakota</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Dakota" title="South Dakota">South Dakota</a> statehood </div></th><td class="infobox-data">2 November 1889</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="width:95%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; display:inline-table;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center; border:0; padding-bottom:0"><div id="before-after"></div> <b>Preceded by</b></td> <td style="text-align:center;border:0; padding-bottom:0;"><b>Succeeded by</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; border:0;"> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281859%E2%80%931861%29.svg/20px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281859%E2%80%931861%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281859%E2%80%931861%29.svg/30px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281859%E2%80%931861%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281859%E2%80%931861%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281859%E2%80%931861%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Territory" title="Nebraska Territory">Nebraska Territory</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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style="width:92%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Idaho_Territory" title="Idaho Territory">Idaho Territory</a> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281861%E2%80%931863%29.svg/20px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281861%E2%80%931863%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281861%E2%80%931863%29.svg/30px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281861%E2%80%931863%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281861%E2%80%931863%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281861%E2%80%931863%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Wyoming_Territory" title="Wyoming Territory">Wyoming Territory</a> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg/20px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg/30px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281896%E2%80%931908%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/North_Dakota" title="North Dakota">North Dakota</a> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Flag_of_North_Dakota.svg/20px-Flag_of_North_Dakota.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Flag_of_North_Dakota.svg/30px-Flag_of_North_Dakota.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Flag_of_North_Dakota.svg/40px-Flag_of_North_Dakota.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1247" data-file-height="983" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/South_Dakota" title="South Dakota">South Dakota</a> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span class="mw-image-border" 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existed from March 2, 1861,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> until November 2, 1889, when the final extent of the reduced territory was split and <a href="/wiki/Admission_to_the_Union" title="Admission to the Union">admitted to the Union</a> as the states of <a href="/wiki/North_Dakota" title="North Dakota">North</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Dakota" title="South Dakota">South Dakota</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dakota_Territory&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1261442011">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 0.5em;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">4,837</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">14,181</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+193.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">158,724</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1019.3%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">Source: 1860–1880 (includes both <a href="/wiki/North_Dakota" title="North Dakota">North Dakota</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Dakota" title="South Dakota">South Dakota</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The Dakota Territory consisted of the northernmost part of the land acquired in the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase" title="Louisiana Purchase">Louisiana Purchase</a> in 1803, as well as the southernmost part of <a href="/wiki/Rupert%27s_Land" title="Rupert's Land">Rupert's Land</a>, which was <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_1818" title="Treaty of 1818">acquired</a> in 1818 when the boundary was changed to the 49th parallel. The name refers to the Dakota branch of the <a href="/wiki/Sioux" title="Sioux">Sioux</a> tribes which occupied the area at the time. Most of Dakota Territory was formerly part of the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Territory" title="Minnesota Territory">Minnesota</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Territory" title="Nebraska Territory">Nebraska</a> territories.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a> became a state in 1858, the leftover area between the <a href="/wiki/Missouri_River" title="Missouri River">Missouri River</a> and Minnesota's western boundary fell unorganized. When the <a href="/wiki/Yankton_Treaty" title="Yankton Treaty">Yankton Treaty</a> was signed later that year, ceding much of what had been <a href="/wiki/Sioux_Indian" class="mw-redirect" title="Sioux Indian">Sioux Indian</a> land to the U.S. Government, early settlers formed a <a href="/wiki/Provisional_government" title="Provisional government">provisional government</a> and unsuccessfully lobbied for United States territory status.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Wilmot_Wood_Brookings" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilmot Wood Brookings">Wilmot Wood Brookings</a> was the provisional governor. The cities of <a href="/wiki/Wilmot,_South_Dakota" title="Wilmot, South Dakota">Wilmot</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brookings,_South_Dakota" title="Brookings, South Dakota">Brookings</a> as well as <a href="/wiki/Brookings_County,_South_Dakota" title="Brookings County, South Dakota">Brookings County</a> are named for him.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three years later, President-elect <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Abraham Lincoln</a>'s cousin-in-law <a href="/wiki/John_Blair_Smith_Todd" title="John Blair Smith Todd">John Blair Smith Todd</a> personally lobbied for territory status, and the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Congress">U.S. Congress</a> formally created Dakota Territory. It became an organized territory on March 2, 1861. Upon creation, Dakota Territory included much of present-day <a href="/wiki/Montana" title="Montana">Montana</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wyoming" title="Wyoming">Wyoming</a> as well as all of present-day <a href="/wiki/North_Dakota" title="North Dakota">North Dakota</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Dakota" title="South Dakota">South Dakota</a> and a small portion of present-day <a href="/wiki/Nebraska" title="Nebraska">Nebraska</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> President Lincoln appointed Dakota Territory's first governor, <a href="/wiki/William_Jayne" title="William Jayne">William Jayne</a>, who was Lincoln's old friend and neighbor from Springfield, Illinois.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A small patch of land known as "<a href="/wiki/Lost_Dakota" title="Lost Dakota">Lost Dakota</a>" existed as a remote <a href="/wiki/Exclave" class="mw-redirect" title="Exclave">exclave</a> of Dakota Territory until it became part of <a href="/wiki/Gallatin_County,_Montana" title="Gallatin County, Montana">Gallatin County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montana_Territory" title="Montana Territory">Montana Territory</a>, in 1873.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>All land north of the <a href="/wiki/Keya_Paha_River" title="Keya Paha River">Keya Paha River</a> (which includes most of <a href="/wiki/Boyd_County,_Nebraska" title="Boyd County, Nebraska">Boyd County, Nebraska</a>, and a smaller portion of neighboring <a href="/wiki/Keya_Paha_County,_Nebraska" title="Keya Paha County, Nebraska">Keya Paha County</a>) was originally part of Dakota Territory, but was transferred to Nebraska in 1882. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="American_Civil_War">American Civil War</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dakota_Territory&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: American Civil War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dakota Territory was not directly involved in the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a> but did raise some troops to defend the settlements following the <a href="/wiki/Dakota_War_of_1862" title="Dakota War of 1862">Dakota War of 1862</a> which triggered hostilities with the <a href="/wiki/Sioux" title="Sioux">Sioux</a> tribes of Dakota Territory. The <a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Northwest" title="Department of the Northwest">Department of the Northwest</a> sent expeditions into Dakota Territory in 1863, 1864 and 1865. It also established forts in Dakota Territory to protect the frontier settlements of the Territory, <a href="/wiki/Iowa" title="Iowa">Iowa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a> and the traffic along the <a href="/wiki/Missouri_River" title="Missouri River">Missouri River</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Before_statehood">Before statehood</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dakota_Territory&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Before statehood"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dakota_territory_coat_of_arms_(illustrated,_1876).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Dakota_territory_coat_of_arms_%28illustrated%2C_1876%29.jpg/220px-Dakota_territory_coat_of_arms_%28illustrated%2C_1876%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="216" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Dakota_territory_coat_of_arms_%28illustrated%2C_1876%29.jpg/330px-Dakota_territory_coat_of_arms_%28illustrated%2C_1876%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Dakota_territory_coat_of_arms_%28illustrated%2C_1876%29.jpg/440px-Dakota_territory_coat_of_arms_%28illustrated%2C_1876%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3700" data-file-height="3640" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Historical_coats_of_arms_of_the_U.S._states" class="mw-redirect" title="Historical coats of arms of the U.S. states">Historical coat of arms</a> of the Dakota Territory,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> illustrated in 1876</figcaption></figure> <p>Following the Civil War, hostilities continued with the Sioux until the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Fort_Laramie_(1868)" title="Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)">1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie</a>. By 1868, creation of new territories reduced Dakota Territory to the present boundaries of <a href="/wiki/The_Dakotas" class="mw-redirect" title="The Dakotas">the Dakotas</a>. Territorial counties were defined in 1872, including <a href="/wiki/Bottineau_County,_North_Dakota" title="Bottineau County, North Dakota">Bottineau County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cass_County,_North_Dakota" title="Cass County, North Dakota">Cass County</a> and others. </p><p>During the existence of the organized territory, the population first increased very slowly and then very rapidly with the "Dakota Boom" from 1870 to 1880.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because the Sioux were considered very hostile and a threat to early settlers, the white population grew slowly. Gradually, the settlers' population grew and the Sioux were not considered as severe a threat.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The population increase can largely be attributed to the growth of the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Pacific_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Pacific Railroad">Northern Pacific Railroad</a>. Settlers who came to the Dakota Territory were from other western territories as well as many from northern and western Europe. These included large numbers of Norwegians, Germans, Swedes, and Canadians. <sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Commerce was originally organized around the <a href="/wiki/Fur_trade" title="Fur trade">fur trade</a>. Furs were carried by steamboat along the rivers to the settlements. Gold was discovered in the <a href="/wiki/Black_Hills" title="Black Hills">Black Hills</a> in 1874 and attracted more settlers, setting off the last <a href="/wiki/Great_Sioux_War_of_1876" title="Great Sioux War of 1876">Sioux War</a>. The population surge increased the demand for meat spurring expanded cattle ranching on the territory's vast open ranges. With the advent of the railroad agriculture intensified: wheat became the territory's main cash crop. Economic hardship hit the territory in the 1880s due to lower wheat prices and a drought.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are two conflicting narratives on why the Dakota Territory was divided and given statehood. One narrative suggests that it was due to regionalist tensions while the other suggests that it was a political play by Gilded Age Republicans. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regionalist_Narrative">Regionalist Narrative</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dakota_Territory&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Regionalist Narrative"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Regionalist tensions between the northern and the southern parts of the territory were present since the beginning. The southern part was always more populated, in the 1880 Census, the southern part had a population of 98,268, two and a half times the northern part's 36,909. The southern part also considered the north to be somewhat disreputable, "too much controlled by the wild folks, cattle ranchers, fur traders” and too frequently the site of conflict with the indigenous population. The railroad also connected the northern and southern parts to different hubs – the northern part, via <a href="/wiki/Fargo,_North_Dakota" title="Fargo, North Dakota">Fargo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bismarck,_North_Dakota" title="Bismarck, North Dakota">Bismarck</a> became closer tied to the <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis%E2%80%93Saint_Paul" title="Minneapolis–Saint Paul">Minneapolis–Saint Paul</a> area, while the southern part became closer tied to <a href="/wiki/Sioux_City,_Iowa" title="Sioux City, Iowa">Sioux City</a> and from there to <a href="/wiki/Omaha,_Nebraska" title="Omaha, Nebraska">Omaha</a>. </p><p>Politically, territorial legislators were appointed by the federal government, and tended to remain in the region only while they served their terms. The larger population of the southern region began to resent them, while the northerners tended to emphasize that it was cheaper to be a territory, with the federal government funding a wide range of state functions.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The territorial governor <a href="/wiki/Nehemiah_G._Ordway" title="Nehemiah G. Ordway">Nehemiah G. Ordway</a> moved the territorial capital from <a href="/wiki/Yankton,_South_Dakota" title="Yankton, South Dakota">Yankton</a> to <a href="/wiki/Bismarck,_North_Dakota" title="Bismarck, North Dakota">Bismarck</a> in 1883. The capital grab, which moved the capital away from the majority of the population fueled more resentment from the south.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As the southern part which was anxious for statehood so they could have their own capital, had already crossed the 60,000 population necessary for statehood, and so, in September,1883, they held a convention, where they drafted a state constitution and submitted it to the voters. It was approved by the electors and submitted to Congress. A bill providing for statehood of the Dakota Territory south of the 46th parallel of latitude was passed by the Senate in December 1884, but failed to pass the House. A second constitutional convention for South Dakota was held in September 1885, framing a new constitution and submitted it to the vote of the people, who ratified it with an overwhelming vote. </p><p>Conventions favoring division of Dakota into two states were also held in the northern section, one in 1887 at Fargo, and another in 1888, at Jamestown. Both adopted provisions memorializing Congress to divide the territory and admit both North and South Dakota as states. Various bills were introduced in Congress on the matter; one in 1885 to admit South Dakota as a state, and organize the northern half as Lincoln Territory. Another bill introduced in 1886, proposed to admit the entire Territory as a single state.  Still another provided for all of the Territory east of the Missouri River to become a single state, the balance to be organized as Lincoln or North Dakota Territory. Other bills were introduced in 1887 and 1888, but failed to pass. The Territorial Legislature of 1887 submitted the question of division to a popular vote at the general election of November 1887. When full returns of this election finally came in on January 10, 1888, 37,784 favored division and 32,913 were opposed.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_Play_Narrative">Political Play Narrative</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dakota_Territory&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Political Play Narrative"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1889, Republican Benjamin Harrison became president of the United States and favoured statehood for Dakota. In order to become a state, a territory was required to have a population of at least 60,000. In 1889, southern Dakota had a population of over 340,000, and northern Dakota had a population of over 150,000 so Congress is said to have decided that it was finally time to grant statehood. But in reality, the Republican Party, which wanted more power in the U.S. Senate, put on pressure to divide Dakota into two states. With two senators from each state, the Republicans would gain four more senate seats in Congress. After defeating Democratic <a href="/wiki/Grover_Cleveland" title="Grover Cleveland">President Grover Cleveland</a> in the 1888 election, they celebrated by splitting the Republican-dominated Dakota into two territories and admitting <i>both</i> of them as states. Today, there are still two Dakotas because Gilded Age Republicans wanted four senators instead of just two.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In their eagerness to admit both Dakotas, congressmen also ignored that much of the land in the anticipated state of South Dakota belonged to the Sioux.<sup id="cite_ref-richardson_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-richardson-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Perhaps, the capital change from Yankton to Bismarck can also be explained by the fact that Yankton was located in southern South Dakota on the territory's border with <a href="/wiki/Nebraska" title="Nebraska">Nebraska</a> while Bismarck, whose community had recently grown due to the arrival of <a href="/wiki/Transcontinental_railroad" title="Transcontinental railroad">the Transcontinental railway</a>, had a relatively better central location near the <a href="/wiki/Black_Hills" title="Black Hills">Black Hills</a> of South Dakota where recent gold discovery was a great impetus for growth and led it to becoming a freight-shipping centre on the "Custer Route" from the Black Hills.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Yankton's status as an important port was literally crushed on March 27, 1881, when an ice dam on the Missouri River burst, sending flood waters and giant blocks of ice flowing towards the town.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKarolevitz197292–95_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKarolevitz197292–95-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The resulting flood waters continued to accumulate behind the debris, and by March 29, the town's riverfront and downtown were covered in water, ice and rock, destroying or stranding several riverboats that were moored there. As a result of this flood, and the expansion of railroads as a preferred method of shipping goods, Yankton's river boat traffic was reduced, and the city's role as a prominent stopping point on the way west dwindled over the next several years.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKarolevitz197295_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKarolevitz197295-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> It was also not especially unusual for the party that controls Congress to admit states for political reasons. In 1864, Republican <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">President Abraham Lincoln</a> signed legislation admitting <a href="/wiki/Nevada" title="Nevada">Nevada</a>, a barely populated desert state with a few thousand residents, into the union as a state. The few people who did live there were overwhelmingly Republican. A dozen years later, <a href="/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant" title="Ulysses S. Grant">President Ulysses Grant</a>, also a Republican, signed legislation admitting Republican-dominated <a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a> as a state even though according to the then latest census, Colorado had fewer than 40,000 residents. Republicans also successfully blocked <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico" title="New Mexico">New Mexico</a> from becoming a state until 1912 while Cleveland’s Democrats had hoped to admit New Mexico as it would have favored them.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1886rail-usgenweb-mapproject.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/1886rail-usgenweb-mapproject.jpg/220px-1886rail-usgenweb-mapproject.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="260" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/1886rail-usgenweb-mapproject.jpg/330px-1886rail-usgenweb-mapproject.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/1886rail-usgenweb-mapproject.jpg/440px-1886rail-usgenweb-mapproject.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1772" data-file-height="2092" /></a><figcaption>Map of the Dakota Territory, c. 1886</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Admission">Admission</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dakota_Territory&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Admission"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The admission of new western states was a party political battleground, with each party looking at how the proposed new states were likely to vote. At the beginning of 1888, the Democrats under president <a href="/wiki/Grover_Cleveland" title="Grover Cleveland">Grover Cleveland</a> proposed that the four territories of <a href="/wiki/Montana_Territory" title="Montana Territory">Montana</a>, New Mexico, Dakota and <a href="/wiki/Washington_Territory" title="Washington Territory">Washington</a> should be admitted together. The first two were expected to vote Democratic and the latter two were expected to vote Republican so this was seen as a compromise acceptable to both parties. However, the Republicans won majorities in both the House and the Senate later that year. To head off the possibility that Congress might only admit Republican territories to statehood, the Democrats agreed to a less favorable deal in which Dakota was divided in two and New Mexico was left out altogether. Cleveland signed it into law on February 22, 1889, and the territories could become states nine months after that.<sup id="cite_ref-richardson_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-richardson-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="the citation was missing and only one related citation was found (November 2024)">additional citation(s) needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sioux_Dispute">Sioux Dispute</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dakota_Territory&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Sioux Dispute"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There had been previous attempts to open up the territory, but these had foundered because the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Fort_Laramie_(1868)" title="Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)">Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)</a> required that 75 percent of Sioux adult males on the reservation had to agree to any treaty change. Most recently, a commission headed by <a href="/wiki/Richard_Henry_Pratt" title="Richard Henry Pratt">Richard Henry Pratt</a> in 1888 had completely failed to get the necessary signatures in the face of opposition from Sioux leaders and even government worker <a href="/wiki/Elaine_Goodale" class="mw-redirect" title="Elaine Goodale">Elaine Goodale</a>, later Superintendent of Indian Education for the Dakotas. The government believed that the <a href="/wiki/Dawes_Act" title="Dawes Act">Dawes Act</a> (1887), which attempted to move the Indians from hunting to farming, in theory, meant that they needed less land (but in reality was an economic disaster for them) and that at least half was available for sale. Congress approved an offer of $1.25 per acre ($3.1/ha) for reservation land (a figure they had previously rejected as outrageously high) and $25,000 to induce the Indians to sign. </p><p>A new commission was appointed in April 1889 that included veteran Indian fighter general <a href="/wiki/George_Crook" title="George Crook">George Crook</a>. Crook pulled out all the stops to get the Indians to sign, using many underhand tactics. He threatened them that if they did not sign, the land would be taken anyway and they would get nothing. This would not have been seen as an idle threat; the treaty had been ignored in the past when the <a href="/wiki/Black_Hills" title="Black Hills">Black Hills</a> were taken from the Sioux. Crook ignored leaders like <a href="/wiki/Sitting_Bull" title="Sitting Bull">Sitting Bull</a> and <a href="/wiki/Red_Cloud" title="Red Cloud">Red Cloud</a> who opposed the sale and kept them out of the negotiations, preferring instead to deal with moderate leaders like <a href="/wiki/American_Horse" title="American Horse">American Horse</a>. American Horse, however, claimed immediately afterwards that he had been tricked into signing. Crook made many personal promises (such as on reservation rations) which he had no authority to make, or ability to keep. He claimed afterwards that he had only agreed to report the concerns back to Washington. Crook lied about how many signatures he already had, giving the impression that the signature he was currently asking for would make no difference. He said that those who did not sign would not get a share of the money for the land. Crook even allowed white men who had married Sioux to sign, a dubious action given that the <a href="/wiki/Blood_quantum_laws" title="Blood quantum laws">blood quantum laws</a> only counted full-blood Indians as members of the tribe. By August 6, 1889, Crook had the requisite number of signatures, half the reservation land was sold, and the remainder divided among six smaller reservations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Statehood">Statehood</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dakota_Territory&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Statehood"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On February 22, 1889, outgoing President Cleveland signed an omnibus bill that divided the Territory of Dakota in half. North Dakota and South Dakota became states simultaneously on November 2, 1889.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> President Harrison had the papers shuffled to obscure which one was signed first and the order went unrecorded.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bill also enabled the people in the new Territories of North Dakota and South Dakota, as well as the older territories of Montana and Washington, to write state constitutions and elect state governments. The four new states would be admitted into the Union in nine months. This plan cut Democratic New Mexico out of statehood and split Republican Dakota Territory into two new Republican states. Rather than two new Republican states and two new Democratic states that Congress had considered the previous year, the omnibus bill created three new Republican states and one new Democratic state that Republicans thought they would capture. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dakota_Territory&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bibliography_of_North_Dakota_history" title="Bibliography of North Dakota history">Bibliography of North Dakota history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bibliography_of_South_Dakota_history" title="Bibliography of South Dakota history">Bibliography of South Dakota history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Dakota_Territory" title="List of governors of Dakota Territory">List of governors of Dakota Territory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_frontier" title="American frontier">American frontier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historic_regions_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Historic regions of the United States">Historic regions of the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_North_Dakota" title="History of North Dakota">History of North Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_South_Dakota" title="History of South Dakota">History of South Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Dakota_Territory_Civil_War_units" title="List of Dakota Territory Civil War units">List of Dakota Territory Civil War units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Territorial_evolution_of_the_United_States" title="Territorial evolution of the United States">Territorial evolution of the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dakota_Territory%27s_at-large_congressional_district" title="Dakota Territory's at-large congressional district">Dakota Territory's at-large congressional district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Railroad_land_grants_in_the_United_States#Northern_Pacific" title="Railroad land grants in the United States">Railroad land grants in the United States#Northern Pacific</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dakota_Territory&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The territory's great seal was enacted by a law passed on January 3, 1863, with a design described as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <blockquote> <p>A tree in the open field, the trunk of which is surrounded by a bundle of rods, bound with three bands; on the right plow, anvil, sledge, rake and fork; on the left, bow crossed with three arrows; Indian on horseback pursuing a buffalo toward the setting sun; foliage of the tree arched by half circle of thirteen stars, surrounded by the motto: "<a href="/wiki/Webster%E2%80%93Hayne_debate" title="Webster–Hayne debate">Liberty and Union, one and inseparable, now and forever</a>", the words "Great Seal" at the top, and at the bottom, "Dakota Territory"; on the left, "March 2"; on the right, "1861". Seal <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac">2<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> inches [64 mm] in diameter. </p> </blockquote></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dakota_Territory&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">12 <a href="/wiki/United_States_Statutes_at_Large" title="United States Statutes at Large">Stat.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://legislink.org/us/stat-12-239">239</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFForstall" class="citation report cs1">Forstall, Richard L. 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Basic Books. p. 101. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780465025114" title="Special:BookSources/9780465025114"><bdi>9780465025114</bdi></a>. <q><span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>"On February 22, 1889, outgoing President Cleveland signed an omnibus bill that divided the Territory of Dakota in half. The bill also enable the people in the new Territories of North Dakota and South Dakota, as well as the older territories of Montana and Washington, to write state constitutions and elect state governments. The four new states would be admitted into the Union in nine months. This plan cut Democratic New Mexico out of statehood, and split Republican Dakota Territory into two new Republican states. Rather than two new Republican states and two new Democratic states that Congress had considered the previous year, the omnibus bill created three new Republican states and one new Democratic state that Republicans thought they would capture. 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Aberdeen, SD: North Plains Press. pp. <span class="nowrap">40–</span>41.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Yankton%3A+A+Pioneer+Past&rft.place=Aberdeen%2C+SD&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E40-%3C%2Fspan%3E41&rft.pub=North+Plains+Press&rft.date=1972&rft.aulast=Karolevitz&rft.aufirst=Robert+F.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADakota+Territory" class="Z3988"></span>. U.S. Library of Congress Number 72-88949</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dakota_Territory&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDakota_Territory_Centennial_Commission1961" class="citation book cs1">Dakota Territory Centennial Commission (1961). <i>Dakota Panorama</i>. Dakota Territory Centennial Commission. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/2063074">2063074</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Dakota+Panorama&rft.pub=Dakota+Territory+Centennial+Commission&rft.date=1961&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F2063074&rft.au=Dakota+Territory+Centennial+Commission&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADakota+Territory" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <ul><li>Lamar, Howard. <i>Dakota Territory, 1861-1889: A Study of Frontier Politics</i> (Yale UP, 1956) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/dakotaterritory100lama/page/n6/mode/1up">online</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLauck2010" class="citation book cs1">Lauck, Jon K. (2010). <i>Prairie Republic: The Political Culture of Dakota Territory, 1879–1889</i>. University of Oklahoma Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780806141107" title="Special:BookSources/9780806141107"><bdi>9780806141107</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/455419815">455419815</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Prairie+Republic%3A+The+Political+Culture+of+Dakota+Territory%2C+1879%E2%80%931889&rft.pub=University+of+Oklahoma+Press&rft.date=2010&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F455419815&rft.isbn=9780806141107&rft.aulast=Lauck&rft.aufirst=Jon+K.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADakota+Territory" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <ul><li>Lauck, Jon. "The Old Roots of the New West: Howard Lamar and the Intellectual Origins of ‘Dakota Territory.’" <i>Western Historical Quarterly</i> 39#3 (2008), pp. 261–81. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/25443730">online</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWaldo1936" class="citation book cs1">Waldo, Edna La Moore (1936). <i>Dakota</i>. 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Dakota">Tourist attractions</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="6" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_North_Dakota.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Coat_of_arms_of_North_Dakota.svg/75px-Coat_of_arms_of_North_Dakota.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Coat_of_arms_of_North_Dakota.svg/113px-Coat_of_arms_of_North_Dakota.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Coat_of_arms_of_North_Dakota.svg/150px-Coat_of_arms_of_North_Dakota.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="133" data-file-height="213" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Society</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_North_Dakota" title="Abortion in North Dakota">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_North_Dakota" class="mw-redirect" title="Culture of North Dakota">Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_North_Dakota" title="Crime in North Dakota">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Dakota#Demographics" title="North Dakota">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Dakota#Economy" title="North Dakota">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Dakota#Education" title="North Dakota">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_North_Dakota" title="Gun laws in North Dakota">Gun laws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_North_Dakota" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in North Dakota">LGBT rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_North_Dakota" title="Politics of North Dakota">Politics</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_North_Dakota" title="Geography of North Dakota">Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt_National_Park" title="Theodore Roosevelt National Park">Badlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Coteau" title="Missouri Coteau">Missouri Coteau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drift_Prairie" title="Drift Prairie">Drift Prairie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_River_Valley" title="Red River Valley">Red River Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turtle_Mountain_(plateau)" title="Turtle Mountain (plateau)">Turtle Mountains</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_North_Dakota" title="List of cities in North Dakota">Larger cities <br /> pop. over 5,000</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bismarck,_North_Dakota" title="Bismarck, North Dakota">Bismarck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devils_Lake,_North_Dakota" title="Devils Lake, North Dakota">Devils Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dickinson,_North_Dakota" title="Dickinson, North Dakota">Dickinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fargo,_North_Dakota" title="Fargo, North Dakota">Fargo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Forks,_North_Dakota" title="Grand Forks, North Dakota">Grand Forks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamestown,_North_Dakota" title="Jamestown, North Dakota">Jamestown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandan,_North_Dakota" title="Mandan, North Dakota">Mandan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minot,_North_Dakota" title="Minot, North Dakota">Minot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valley_City,_North_Dakota" title="Valley City, North Dakota">Valley City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wahpeton,_North_Dakota" title="Wahpeton, North Dakota">Wahpeton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watford_City,_North_Dakota" title="Watford City, North Dakota">Watford City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Fargo,_North_Dakota" title="West Fargo, North Dakota">West Fargo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Williston,_North_Dakota" title="Williston, North Dakota">Williston</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_North_Dakota" title="List of cities in North Dakota">Smaller cities <br /> pop. 1,000–5,000</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beach,_North_Dakota" title="Beach, North Dakota">Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beulah,_North_Dakota" title="Beulah, North Dakota">Beulah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bottineau,_North_Dakota" title="Bottineau, North Dakota">Bottineau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowman,_North_Dakota" title="Bowman, North Dakota">Bowman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burlington,_North_Dakota" title="Burlington, North Dakota">Burlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cando,_North_Dakota" title="Cando, North Dakota">Cando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrington,_North_Dakota" title="Carrington, North Dakota">Carrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casselton,_North_Dakota" title="Casselton, North Dakota">Casselton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavalier,_North_Dakota" title="Cavalier, North Dakota">Cavalier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooperstown,_North_Dakota" title="Cooperstown, North Dakota">Cooperstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crosby,_North_Dakota" title="Crosby, North Dakota">Crosby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellendale,_North_Dakota" title="Ellendale, North Dakota">Ellendale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garrison,_North_Dakota" title="Garrison, North Dakota">Garrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grafton,_North_Dakota" title="Grafton, North Dakota">Grafton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hankinson,_North_Dakota" title="Hankinson, North Dakota">Hankinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harvey,_North_Dakota" title="Harvey, North Dakota">Harvey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hazen,_North_Dakota" title="Hazen, North Dakota">Hazen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hettinger,_North_Dakota" title="Hettinger, North Dakota">Hettinger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillsboro,_North_Dakota" title="Hillsboro, North Dakota">Hillsboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horace,_North_Dakota" title="Horace, North Dakota">Horace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenmare,_North_Dakota" title="Kenmare, North Dakota">Kenmare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Langdon,_North_Dakota" title="Langdon, North Dakota">Langdon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larimore,_North_Dakota" title="Larimore, North Dakota">Larimore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln,_North_Dakota" title="Lincoln, North Dakota">Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linton,_North_Dakota" title="Linton, North Dakota">Linton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisbon,_North_Dakota" title="Lisbon, North Dakota">Lisbon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayville,_North_Dakota" title="Mayville, North Dakota">Mayville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Rockford,_North_Dakota" title="New Rockford, North Dakota">New Rockford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Town,_North_Dakota" title="New Town, North Dakota">New Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oakes,_North_Dakota" title="Oakes, North Dakota">Oakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Park_River,_North_Dakota" title="Park River, North Dakota">Park River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rolla,_North_Dakota" title="Rolla, North Dakota">Rolla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby,_North_Dakota" title="Rugby, North Dakota">Rugby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley,_North_Dakota" title="Stanley, North Dakota">Stanley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thompson,_North_Dakota" title="Thompson, North Dakota">Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tioga,_North_Dakota" title="Tioga, North Dakota">Tioga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Velva,_North_Dakota" title="Velva, North Dakota">Velva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walhalla,_North_Dakota" title="Walhalla, North Dakota">Walhalla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washburn,_North_Dakota" title="Washburn, North Dakota">Washburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watford_City,_North_Dakota" title="Watford City, North Dakota">Watford City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wishek,_North_Dakota" title="Wishek, North Dakota">Wishek</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_North_Dakota" title="List of counties in North Dakota">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adams_County,_North_Dakota" title="Adams County, North Dakota">Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnes_County,_North_Dakota" title="Barnes County, North Dakota">Barnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benson_County,_North_Dakota" title="Benson County, North Dakota">Benson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billings_County,_North_Dakota" title="Billings County, North Dakota">Billings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bottineau_County,_North_Dakota" title="Bottineau County, North Dakota">Bottineau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowman_County,_North_Dakota" title="Bowman County, North Dakota">Bowman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burke_County,_North_Dakota" title="Burke County, North Dakota">Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burleigh_County,_North_Dakota" title="Burleigh County, North Dakota">Burleigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cass_County,_North_Dakota" title="Cass County, North Dakota">Cass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavalier_County,_North_Dakota" title="Cavalier County, North Dakota">Cavalier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dickey_County,_North_Dakota" title="Dickey County, North Dakota">Dickey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divide_County,_North_Dakota" title="Divide County, North Dakota">Divide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunn_County,_North_Dakota" title="Dunn County, North Dakota">Dunn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddy_County,_North_Dakota" title="Eddy County, North Dakota">Eddy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emmons_County,_North_Dakota" title="Emmons County, North Dakota">Emmons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foster_County,_North_Dakota" title="Foster County, North Dakota">Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Valley_County,_North_Dakota" title="Golden Valley County, North Dakota">Golden Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Forks_County,_North_Dakota" title="Grand Forks County, North Dakota">Grand Forks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_County,_North_Dakota" title="Grant County, North Dakota">Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Griggs_County,_North_Dakota" title="Griggs County, North Dakota">Griggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hettinger_County,_North_Dakota" title="Hettinger County, North Dakota">Hettinger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kidder_County,_North_Dakota" title="Kidder County, North Dakota">Kidder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LaMoure_County,_North_Dakota" title="LaMoure County, North Dakota">LaMoure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logan_County,_North_Dakota" title="Logan County, North Dakota">Logan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McHenry_County,_North_Dakota" title="McHenry County, North Dakota">McHenry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McIntosh_County,_North_Dakota" title="McIntosh County, North Dakota">McIntosh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McKenzie_County,_North_Dakota" title="McKenzie County, North Dakota">McKenzie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McLean_County,_North_Dakota" title="McLean County, North Dakota">McLean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercer_County,_North_Dakota" title="Mercer County, North Dakota">Mercer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morton_County,_North_Dakota" title="Morton County, North Dakota">Morton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountrail_County,_North_Dakota" title="Mountrail County, North Dakota">Mountrail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nelson_County,_North_Dakota" title="Nelson County, North Dakota">Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oliver_County,_North_Dakota" title="Oliver County, North Dakota">Oliver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pembina_County,_North_Dakota" title="Pembina County, North Dakota">Pembina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pierce_County,_North_Dakota" title="Pierce County, North Dakota">Pierce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramsey_County,_North_Dakota" title="Ramsey County, North Dakota">Ramsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ransom_County,_North_Dakota" title="Ransom County, North Dakota">Ransom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renville_County,_North_Dakota" title="Renville County, North Dakota">Renville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richland_County,_North_Dakota" title="Richland County, North Dakota">Richland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rolette_County,_North_Dakota" title="Rolette County, North Dakota">Rolette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sargent_County,_North_Dakota" title="Sargent County, North Dakota">Sargent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheridan_County,_North_Dakota" title="Sheridan County, North Dakota">Sheridan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sioux_County,_North_Dakota" title="Sioux County, North Dakota">Sioux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slope_County,_North_Dakota" title="Slope County, North Dakota">Slope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stark_County,_North_Dakota" title="Stark County, North Dakota">Stark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steele_County,_North_Dakota" title="Steele County, North Dakota">Steele</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stutsman_County,_North_Dakota" title="Stutsman County, North Dakota">Stutsman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Towner_County,_North_Dakota" title="Towner County, North Dakota">Towner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traill_County,_North_Dakota" title="Traill County, North Dakota">Traill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walsh_County,_North_Dakota" title="Walsh County, North Dakota">Walsh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ward_County,_North_Dakota" title="Ward County, North Dakota">Ward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wells_County,_North_Dakota" title="Wells County, North Dakota">Wells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Williams_County,_North_Dakota" title="Williams County, North Dakota">Williams</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div><b><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Flag_of_North_Dakota.svg/32px-Flag_of_North_Dakota.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Flag_of_North_Dakota.svg/48px-Flag_of_North_Dakota.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Flag_of_North_Dakota.svg/64px-Flag_of_North_Dakota.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1247" data-file-height="983" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:North_Dakota" title="Portal:North Dakota">North Dakota portal</a></b></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_South_Dakota" title="Climate change in South Dakota">Climate change</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_South_Dakota" title="List of people from South Dakota">Famous South Dakotans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_South_Dakota" title="Geography of South Dakota">Geography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_South_Dakota" title="Government of South Dakota">Government</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_congressional_delegations_from_South_Dakota" title="United States congressional delegations from South Dakota">Delegations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_South_Dakota" title="Elections in South Dakota">Elections</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_South_Dakota" title="History of South Dakota">History</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bibliography_of_South_Dakota_history" title="Bibliography of South Dakota history">Bibliography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_South_Dakota" title="Timeline of South Dakota">Timeline</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_South_Dakota_state_parks" title="List of South Dakota state parks">State Parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_South_Dakota_state_symbols" title="List of South Dakota state symbols">Symbols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Tourist_attractions_in_South_Dakota" title="Category:Tourist attractions in South Dakota">Tourist attractions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_towns_in_South_Dakota" title="List of towns in South Dakota">Towns and villages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_townships_in_South_Dakota" title="List of townships in South Dakota">Townships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transportation_in_South_Dakota" title="Transportation in South Dakota">Transportation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Society</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_South_Dakota" title="Abortion in South Dakota">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannabis_in_South_Dakota" title="Cannabis in South Dakota">Cannabis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_South_Dakota" title="Culture of South Dakota">Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_South_Dakota" title="Crime in South Dakota">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_South_Dakota" title="Demographics of South Dakota">Demographics</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_South_Dakota" title="African Americans in South Dakota">African Americans</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Dakota#Economy" title="South Dakota">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Dakota#Education" title="South Dakota">Education</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_South_Dakota" title="List of colleges and universities in South Dakota">Colleges and universities</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_South_Dakota" title="Gun laws in South Dakota">Gun laws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_South_Dakota" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in South Dakota">LGBT rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Dakota#Politics" title="South Dakota">Politics</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_the_United_States#South_Dakota" title="List of regions of the United States">Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Badlands_National_Park" title="Badlands National Park">Badlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Hills" title="Black Hills">Black Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coteau_des_Prairies" title="Coteau des Prairies">Coteau des Prairies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Coteau" title="Missouri Coteau">Missouri Coteau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dissected_Till_Plains" title="Dissected Till Plains">Dissected Till Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drift_Prairie" title="Drift Prairie">Drift Prairie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_River_(South_Dakota)" title="East River (South Dakota)">East River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pine_Ridge_(region)" title="Pine Ridge (region)">Pine Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siouxland" title="Siouxland">Siouxland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_River_(South_Dakota)" title="West River (South Dakota)">West River</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_South_Dakota" title="List of cities in South Dakota">Larger incorporated places <br /> pop. over 5,000</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aberdeen,_South_Dakota" title="Aberdeen, South Dakota">Aberdeen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belle_Fourche,_South_Dakota" title="Belle Fourche, South Dakota">Belle Fourche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Box_Elder,_South_Dakota" title="Box Elder, South Dakota">Box Elder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brandon,_South_Dakota" title="Brandon, South Dakota">Brandon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brookings,_South_Dakota" title="Brookings, South Dakota">Brookings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrisburg,_South_Dakota" title="Harrisburg, South Dakota">Harrisburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huron,_South_Dakota" title="Huron, South Dakota">Huron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madison,_South_Dakota" title="Madison, South Dakota">Madison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitchell,_South_Dakota" title="Mitchell, South Dakota">Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pierre,_South_Dakota" title="Pierre, South Dakota">Pierre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rapid_City,_South_Dakota" title="Rapid City, South Dakota">Rapid City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sioux_Falls,_South_Dakota" title="Sioux Falls, South Dakota">Sioux Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spearfish,_South_Dakota" title="Spearfish, South Dakota">Spearfish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sturgis,_South_Dakota" title="Sturgis, South Dakota">Sturgis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea,_South_Dakota" title="Tea, South Dakota">Tea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vermillion,_South_Dakota" title="Vermillion, South Dakota">Vermillion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watertown,_South_Dakota" title="Watertown, South Dakota">Watertown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yankton,_South_Dakota" title="Yankton, South Dakota">Yankton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_South_Dakota" title="List of cities in South Dakota">Smaller incorporated places <br /> pop. 1,000 - 5,000</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aurora,_South_Dakota" title="Aurora, South Dakota">Aurora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baltic,_South_Dakota" title="Baltic, South Dakota">Baltic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beresford,_South_Dakota" title="Beresford, South Dakota">Beresford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Britton,_South_Dakota" title="Britton, South Dakota">Britton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton,_South_Dakota" title="Canton, South Dakota">Canton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chamberlain,_South_Dakota" title="Chamberlain, South Dakota">Chamberlain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clark,_South_Dakota" title="Clark, South Dakota">Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clear_Lake,_South_Dakota" title="Clear Lake, South Dakota">Clear Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crooks,_South_Dakota" title="Crooks, South Dakota">Crooks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Custer,_South_Dakota" title="Custer, South Dakota">Custer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Smet,_South_Dakota" title="De Smet, South Dakota">De Smet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deadwood,_South_Dakota" title="Deadwood, South Dakota">Deadwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dell_Rapids,_South_Dakota" title="Dell Rapids, South Dakota">Dell Rapids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eagle_Butte,_South_Dakota" title="Eagle Butte, South Dakota">Eagle Butte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elk_Point,_South_Dakota" title="Elk Point, South Dakota">Elk Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flandreau,_South_Dakota" title="Flandreau, South Dakota">Flandreau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Pierre,_South_Dakota" title="Fort Pierre, South Dakota">Fort Pierre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freeman,_South_Dakota" title="Freeman, South Dakota">Freeman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garretson,_South_Dakota" title="Garretson, South Dakota">Garretson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gettysburg,_South_Dakota" title="Gettysburg, South Dakota">Gettysburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory,_South_Dakota" title="Gregory, South Dakota">Gregory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Groton,_South_Dakota" title="Groton, South Dakota">Groton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartford,_South_Dakota" title="Hartford, South Dakota">Hartford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hot_Springs,_South_Dakota" title="Hot Springs, South Dakota">Hot Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lead,_South_Dakota" title="Lead, South Dakota">Lead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lemmon,_South_Dakota" title="Lemmon, South Dakota">Lemmon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lennox,_South_Dakota" title="Lennox, South Dakota">Lennox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milbank,_South_Dakota" title="Milbank, South Dakota">Milbank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miller,_South_Dakota" title="Miller, South Dakota">Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mission,_South_Dakota" title="Mission, South Dakota">Mission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mobridge,_South_Dakota" title="Mobridge, South Dakota">Mobridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Sioux_City,_South_Dakota" title="North Sioux City, South Dakota">North Sioux City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parker,_South_Dakota" title="Parker, South Dakota">Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parkston,_South_Dakota" title="Parkston, South Dakota">Parkston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piedmont,_South_Dakota" title="Piedmont, South Dakota">Piedmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Platte,_South_Dakota" title="Platte, South Dakota">Platte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redfield,_South_Dakota" title="Redfield, South Dakota">Redfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salem,_South_Dakota" title="Salem, South Dakota">Salem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sisseton,_South_Dakota" title="Sisseton, South Dakota">Sisseton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Springfield,_South_Dakota" title="Springfield, South Dakota">Springfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Summerset,_South_Dakota" title="Summerset, South Dakota">Summerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyndall,_South_Dakota" title="Tyndall, South Dakota">Tyndall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volga,_South_Dakota" title="Volga, South Dakota">Volga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wagner,_South_Dakota" title="Wagner, South Dakota">Wagner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Webster,_South_Dakota" title="Webster, South Dakota">Webster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winner,_South_Dakota" title="Winner, South Dakota">Winner</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Census-designated_place" title="Census-designated place">Largest CDPs <br /> pop. over 1,000</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blackhawk,_South_Dakota" title="Blackhawk, South Dakota">Blackhawk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonial_Pine_Hills,_South_Dakota" title="Colonial Pine Hills, South Dakota">Colonial Pine Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dakota_Dunes,_South_Dakota" title="Dakota Dunes, South Dakota">Dakota Dunes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Thompson,_South_Dakota" title="Fort Thompson, South Dakota">Fort Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Valley,_South_Dakota" title="Green Valley, South Dakota">Green Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Eagle_Butte,_South_Dakota" title="North Eagle Butte, South Dakota">North Eagle Butte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Spearfish,_South_Dakota" title="North Spearfish, South Dakota">North Spearfish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oglala,_South_Dakota" title="Oglala, South Dakota">Oglala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pine_Ridge,_South_Dakota" title="Pine Ridge, South Dakota">Pine Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rapid_Valley,_South_Dakota" title="Rapid Valley, South Dakota">Rapid Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosebud,_South_Dakota" title="Rosebud, South Dakota">Rosebud</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_South_Dakota" title="List of counties in South Dakota">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aurora_County,_South_Dakota" title="Aurora County, South Dakota">Aurora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beadle_County,_South_Dakota" title="Beadle County, South Dakota">Beadle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bennett_County,_South_Dakota" title="Bennett County, South Dakota">Bennett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bon_Homme_County,_South_Dakota" title="Bon Homme County, South Dakota">Bon Homme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brookings_County,_South_Dakota" title="Brookings County, South Dakota">Brookings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brown_County,_South_Dakota" title="Brown County, South Dakota">Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brule_County,_South_Dakota" title="Brule County, South Dakota">Brule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_County,_South_Dakota" title="Buffalo County, South Dakota">Buffalo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butte_County,_South_Dakota" title="Butte County, South Dakota">Butte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campbell_County,_South_Dakota" title="Campbell County, South Dakota">Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Mix_County,_South_Dakota" title="Charles Mix County, South Dakota">Charles Mix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clark_County,_South_Dakota" title="Clark County, South Dakota">Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_South_Dakota" title="Clay County, South Dakota">Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codington_County,_South_Dakota" title="Codington County, South Dakota">Codington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corson_County,_South_Dakota" title="Corson County, South Dakota">Corson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Custer_County,_South_Dakota" title="Custer County, South Dakota">Custer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davison_County,_South_Dakota" title="Davison County, South Dakota">Davison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Day_County,_South_Dakota" title="Day County, South Dakota">Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deuel_County,_South_Dakota" title="Deuel County, South Dakota">Deuel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dewey_County,_South_Dakota" title="Dewey County, South Dakota">Dewey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_County,_South_Dakota" title="Douglas County, South Dakota">Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmunds_County,_South_Dakota" title="Edmunds County, South Dakota">Edmunds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_River_County,_South_Dakota" title="Fall River County, South Dakota">Fall River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faulk_County,_South_Dakota" title="Faulk County, South Dakota">Faulk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_County,_South_Dakota" title="Grant County, South Dakota">Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory_County,_South_Dakota" title="Gregory County, South Dakota">Gregory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haakon_County,_South_Dakota" title="Haakon County, South Dakota">Haakon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamlin_County,_South_Dakota" title="Hamlin County, South Dakota">Hamlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hand_County,_South_Dakota" title="Hand County, South Dakota">Hand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanson_County,_South_Dakota" title="Hanson County, South Dakota">Hanson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harding_County,_South_Dakota" title="Harding County, South Dakota">Harding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hughes_County,_South_Dakota" title="Hughes County, South Dakota">Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hutchinson_County,_South_Dakota" title="Hutchinson County, South Dakota">Hutchinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyde_County,_South_Dakota" title="Hyde County, South Dakota">Hyde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_South_Dakota" title="Jackson County, South Dakota">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerauld_County,_South_Dakota" title="Jerauld County, South Dakota">Jerauld</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jones_County,_South_Dakota" title="Jones County, South Dakota">Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingsbury_County,_South_Dakota" title="Kingsbury County, South Dakota">Kingsbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_County,_South_Dakota" title="Lake County, South Dakota">Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_County,_South_Dakota" title="Lawrence County, South Dakota">Lawrence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_County,_South_Dakota" title="Lincoln County, South Dakota">Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyman_County,_South_Dakota" title="Lyman County, South Dakota">Lyman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_County,_South_Dakota" title="Marshall County, South Dakota">Marshall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McCook_County,_South_Dakota" title="McCook County, South Dakota">McCook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McPherson_County,_South_Dakota" title="McPherson County, South Dakota">McPherson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meade_County,_South_Dakota" title="Meade County, South Dakota">Meade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mellette_County,_South_Dakota" title="Mellette County, South Dakota">Mellette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miner_County,_South_Dakota" title="Miner County, South Dakota">Miner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnehaha_County,_South_Dakota" title="Minnehaha County, South Dakota">Minnehaha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moody_County,_South_Dakota" title="Moody County, South Dakota">Moody</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oglala_Lakota_County,_South_Dakota" title="Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota">Oglala Lakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennington_County,_South_Dakota" title="Pennington County, South Dakota">Pennington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perkins_County,_South_Dakota" title="Perkins County, South Dakota">Perkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potter_County,_South_Dakota" title="Potter County, South Dakota">Potter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roberts_County,_South_Dakota" title="Roberts County, South Dakota">Roberts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanborn_County,_South_Dakota" title="Sanborn County, South Dakota">Sanborn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spink_County,_South_Dakota" title="Spink County, South Dakota">Spink</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_County,_South_Dakota" title="Stanley County, South Dakota">Stanley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sully_County,_South_Dakota" title="Sully County, South Dakota">Sully</a></li> <li><a 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title="Chapel in the Hills">Chapel in the Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crazy_Horse_Memorial" title="Crazy Horse Memorial">Crazy Horse Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Custer_State_Park" title="Custer State Park">Custer State Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devils_Tower" title="Devils Tower">Devils Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinosaur_Park" title="Dinosaur Park">Dinosaur Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedrock_City_(South_Dakota)" title="Bedrock City (South Dakota)">Flintstones Bedrock City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Stockade" title="Gordon Stockade">Gordon Stockade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homestake_Mine_(South_Dakota)" title="Homestake Mine (South Dakota)">Homestake Mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jewel_Cave_National_Monument" title="Jewel Cave National Monument">Jewel Cave National Monument</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Mammoth_Site" title="The Mammoth Site">The Mammoth Site</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minuteman_Missile_National_Historic_Site" title="Minuteman Missile National Historic Site">Minuteman Missile National Historic Site</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Rushmore" title="Mount Rushmore">Mount Rushmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Theodore_Roosevelt_Monument" title="Mount Theodore Roosevelt Monument">Mount Theodore Roosevelt Monument</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mystic_Miner_Ski_Resort" title="Mystic Miner Ski Resort">Mystic Miner Ski Resort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Needles_(Black_Hills)" title="Needles (Black Hills)">Needles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pactola_Lake" title="Pactola Lake">Pactola Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reptile_Gardens" title="Reptile Gardens">Reptile Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rushmore_Cave" title="Rushmore Cave">Rushmore Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheridan_Lake_(South_Dakota)" title="Sheridan Lake (South Dakota)">Sheridan Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sitting_Bull_Crystal_Caverns" title="Sitting Bull Crystal Caverns">Sitting Bull Crystal Caverns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sturgis_Motorcycle_Rally" title="Sturgis Motorcycle Rally">Sturgis Motorcycle Rally</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvan_Lake_(South_Dakota)" title="Sylvan Lake (South Dakota)">Sylvan Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Peak" title="Terry Peak">Terry Peak ski area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wind_Cave_National_Park" title="Wind Cave National Park">Wind Cave National Park</a> with <a href="/wiki/Wind_Cave_bison_herd" title="Wind Cave bison herd">bison herd</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Scenic routes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Roads</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Norbeck_Scenic_Byway" title="Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway">Norbeck Scenic Byway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_16A" title="U.S. Route 16A">Iron Mountain Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Needles_Highway" class="mw-redirect" title="Needles Highway">Needles Highway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spearfish_Canyon" title="Spearfish Canyon">Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Trails</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_Hills_Centennial_Trail&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Black Hills Centennial Trail (page does not exist)">Black Hills Centennial Trail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_S._Mickelson_Trail" title="George S. Mickelson Trail">George S. Mickelson Trail</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Populated<br />places</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belle_Fourche,_South_Dakota" title="Belle Fourche, South Dakota">Belle Fourche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_City,_South_Dakota" title="Central City, South Dakota">Central City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Custer,_South_Dakota" title="Custer, South Dakota">Custer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deadwood,_South_Dakota" title="Deadwood, South Dakota">Deadwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgemont,_South_Dakota" title="Edgemont, South Dakota">Edgemont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hot_Springs,_South_Dakota" title="Hot Springs, South Dakota">Hot Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hill_City,_South_Dakota" title="Hill City, South Dakota">Hill City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lead,_South_Dakota" title="Lead, South Dakota">Lead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newcastle,_Wyoming" title="Newcastle, Wyoming">Newcastle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rapid_City,_South_Dakota" title="Rapid City, South Dakota">Rapid City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spearfish,_South_Dakota" title="Spearfish, South Dakota">Spearfish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sturgis,_South_Dakota" title="Sturgis, South Dakota">Sturgis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitewood,_South_Dakota" title="Whitewood, South Dakota">Whitewood</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Towns</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Gap,_South_Dakota" title="Buffalo Gap, South Dakota">Buffalo Gap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairburn,_South_Dakota" title="Fairburn, South Dakota">Fairburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermosa,_South_Dakota" title="Hermosa, South Dakota">Hermosa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keystone,_South_Dakota" title="Keystone, South Dakota">Keystone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pringle,_South_Dakota" title="Pringle, South Dakota">Pringle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sundance,_Wyoming" title="Sundance, Wyoming">Sundance</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Unincorporated</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dewey,_South_Dakota" title="Dewey, South Dakota">Dewey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Mile,_South_Dakota" title="Four Mile, South Dakota">Four Mile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galena,_South_Dakota" title="Galena, South Dakota">Galena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanna,_South_Dakota" title="Hanna, South Dakota">Hanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_Siding,_South_Dakota" title="Johnson Siding, South Dakota">Johnson Siding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nemo,_South_Dakota" title="Nemo, South Dakota">Nemo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochford,_South_Dakota" title="Rochford, South Dakota">Rochford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockerville,_South_Dakota" title="Rockerville, South Dakota">Rockerville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silver_City,_South_Dakota" title="Silver City, South Dakota">Silver City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three_Forks,_South_Dakota" title="Three Forks, South Dakota">Three Forks</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">History<br />and people</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cheyenne" title="Cheyenne">Cheyenne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakota_people" title="Lakota people">Lakota people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Fort_Laramie_(1868)" title="Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)">Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)</a> established the <a href="/wiki/Great_Sioux_Reservation" title="Great Sioux Reservation">Great Sioux Reservation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Sioux_War_of_1876" title="Great Sioux War of 1876">Black Hills War, or Great Sioux War (1876)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Elk" title="Black Elk">Black Elk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sitting_Bull" title="Sitting Bull">Sitting Bull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crazy_Horse" title="Crazy Horse">Crazy Horse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lone_Horn" title="Lone Horn">Lone Horn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Cloud" title="Red Cloud">Red Cloud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spotted_Tail" title="Spotted Tail">Spotted Tail</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/American_frontier" title="American frontier">Old West</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Dakota Territory (1861–1889)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Hills_Expedition" title="Black Hills Expedition">Black Hills Expedition (1874)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Hills_gold_rush" title="Black Hills gold rush">Black Hills gold rush (1874)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newton%E2%80%93Jenney_Party" title="Newton–Jenney Party">Newton–Jenney Party (1875)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheyenne%E2%80%93Black_Hills_Stage_Route_and_Rawhide_Buttes_and_Running_Water_Stage_Stations" title="Cheyenne–Black Hills Stage Route and Rawhide Buttes and Running Water Stage Stations">Cheyenne-Black Hills Stage Route (1876–1887)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidney-Black_Hills_Trail" title="Sidney-Black Hills Trail">Sidney-Black Hills Stage Road (1876–1887)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rapid_City,_Black_Hills_and_Western_Railroad" title="Rapid City, Black Hills and Western Railroad">Rapid City, Black Hills and Western Railroad (1893–1947)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seth_Bullock" title="Seth Bullock">Seth Bullock</a> and <a href="/wiki/Martha_Bullock" title="Martha Bullock">Martha Bullock</a></li> <li>General <a href="/wiki/George_Armstrong_Custer" title="George Armstrong Custer">George Armstrong Custer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dora_DuFran" title="Dora DuFran">Dora DuFran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wild_Bill_Hickok" title="Wild Bill Hickok">Wild Bill Hickok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calamity_Jane" title="Calamity Jane">Calamity Jane</a></li> <li>Historian <a href="/wiki/Doane_Robinson" title="Doane Robinson">Doane Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sol_Star" title="Sol Star">Sol Star</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Swearengen" title="Al Swearengen">Al Swearengen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Utter" title="Charlie Utter">Charlie Utter</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ghost towns</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Addie_Camp,_South_Dakota" title="Addie Camp, South Dakota">Addie Camp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bismuth,_South_Dakota" title="Bismuth, South Dakota">Bismuth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blacktail,_South_Dakota" title="Blacktail, South Dakota">Blacktail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burdock,_South_Dakota" title="Burdock, South Dakota">Burdock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambria,_Wyoming" title="Cambria, Wyoming">Cambria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carbonate,_South_Dakota" title="Carbonate, South Dakota">Carbonate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etta,_South_Dakota" title="Etta, South Dakota">Etta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flatiron,_South_Dakota" title="Flatiron, South Dakota">Flatiron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwood,_Lawrence_County,_South_Dakota" title="Greenwood, Lawrence County, South Dakota">Greenwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maitland,_South_Dakota" title="Maitland, South Dakota">Maitland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myers_City,_South_Dakota" title="Myers City, South Dakota">Myers City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mystic,_South_Dakota" title="Mystic, South Dakota">Mystic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nahant,_South_Dakota" title="Nahant, South Dakota">Nahant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novak,_South_Dakota" title="Novak, South Dakota">Novak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pactola,_South_Dakota" title="Pactola, South Dakota">Pactola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheridan,_South_Dakota" title="Sheridan, South Dakota">Sheridan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spokane,_South_Dakota" title="Spokane, South Dakota">Spokane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terraville,_South_Dakota" title="Terraville, South Dakota">Terraville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tigerville,_South_Dakota" title="Tigerville, South Dakota">Tigerville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tinton,_South_Dakota" title="Tinton, South Dakota">Tinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trojan,_South_Dakota" title="Trojan, South Dakota">Trojan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Modern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fossil_Cycad_National_Monument" title="Fossil Cycad National Monument">Fossil Cycad National Monument (1922–1957)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stratobowl" title="Stratobowl">Stratobowl 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