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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), North Dakota, State of (search)
015,771; barley, 1,998,840 bushels, valued at $699,594; and hay, 247,327 tons, valued at $1,397,398. The bonded debt in 1900 was $845,300 and floating debt, $61,000. The assessed valuation of taxable property, at one-third actual value, for 1899 was, real estate, $72,019,059; personal property, $41,626, 240; total, $113,636,299; tax rate, $4.50 per $1,000. The valuation of personal property included railroad property assessed at $16,985,084. History. In 1780 a French trader settled at Pembina, now the county seat of Pembina county, which, in 1812, was occupied by a Scottish colony; but in 1823 the United States discovered that this place was a part of its territory and the national flag was raised over it. In 1858, when the State of Minnesota was organized, the Territory of Nebraska having been already separated, the remainder of Dakota was left without legal name or existence. By the act of Congress of March 2, 1861, the Territory of Dakota State seal of North Dakota. was or
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
DetroitFrench183756,451 27Florida1565St. AugustineSpanish184559,268 28Texas1692San AntonioSpanish1845274,356 29Iowa1833BurlingtonEnglish184655,045 30Wisconsin1669Green BayFrench184853,924 31California1769San DiegoSpanish1850188,981 32Minnesota1846St. PaulAmericans185883,531 33Oregon1811AstoriaAmericans185995,274 34KansasAmericans186181,318 35West VirginiaEnglish186323,000 36NevadaAmericans1864104,125 37NebraskaAmericans186775,995 38ColoradoAmericans1876104,500 39North Dakota1780PembinaFrench188970,795 40South Dakota1857Sioux FallsAmericans188977,650 41Montana1827Fort UnionAmericans1889146,080 42Washington1845TumwaterAmericans188969,180 43Idaho1834Fort HallAmericans189084,800 44Wyoming1834Fort LaramieAmericans189097,890 45Utah1847Salt Lake CityAmericans189684,928 On Sept. 9, 1776, the Continental Congress resolved that in all continental commissions where heretofore the words United Colonies have been used, the style be altered for the future to the United States
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Minnesota, (search)
. Anthony......Sept. 20, 1820 Three Mackinaw boats laden with seed wheat, oats, and pease, leave Prairie du Chien, April 15, 1820, for the Scotch settlement at Pembina, where the crops were destroyed by grasshoppers the previous year. Proceeding entirely by water, except a portage from Big Stone Lake to Lake Traverse, 1 1/2 miles, they arrive at Pembina......June 3, 1820 Governor Cass, of Michigan, with an exploring party from Detroit under sanction of the United States government, reaching the Mississippi by Sandy Lake, ascends to Cass Lake......July 21, 1820 General Leavenworth reports to the commissioners of the land office that the Indians doto the Minnesota River, the Virginia, reaches Fort Snelling......May, 1823 An expedition fitted out by government, in charge of Maj. S. H. Long, discovers that Pembina, the fort of the Hudson Bay Company on Red River, is within the United States. Long erects an oak post on the line, raises the United States flag, and proclaims
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), North Dakota, (search)
les, in thirty-nine counties. Population, 1890, 182,719; 1900, 319,146. Capital, Bismarck. French trader settles at Pembina......1780 United States government expedition under Lewis and Clarke ascend the Missouri River on their way to the Coheir return from the Pacific......1806 Scottish colony, planted under a grant from the Hudson Bay Company, settles at Pembina......1812 Maj. S. H. Long, on a United States government expedition, reaches Pembina, and, finding it to be within tPembina, and, finding it to be within the United States, takes possession and raises the stars and stripes......Aug. 8, 1823 Yellouwstone, a side-wheel steamboat built by the American Fur Company at Pittsburg, Pa., ascends the Missouri River as far as Fort Union, near the mouth of theanied by a scientific exploring party, leaves Fort Abraham Lincoln......July 2, 1874 Senate bill to form Territory of Pembina from the northern part of Dakota is amended, changing the name to Huron, and passes the Senate Dec. 20, 1876. Referred