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An enlargeable map of the United States after the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 An enlargeable map of the United States after the Anglo-American Convention of 1818 An enlargeable map of the United States after the Dakota Organic Act of 1861 An enlargeable map of the United States after the Montana Organic Act of 1864 An enlargeable map of the United States after North Dakota statehood in 1889 An ...
Dakota Territory was split in two, and it was admitted to the US as the 39th state, North Dakota, and 40th state, South Dakota. November 8, 1889. Montana Territory was admitted to the US as the 41st state, Montana. November 11, 1889. Washington Territory was admitted to the US as the 42nd state, Washington. August 12, 1889
Citizens as Soldiers: A History of the North Dakota National Guard. (1986). 447 pp. online; Crawford, Lewis F. History of North Dakota (3 vol 1931), excellent history in vol 1; biographies in vol. 2–3; Danbom, David B. "Our Purpose Is to Serve": The First Century of the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station. (1990). 237 pp.
North Dakota – 39th state of the United States, having been admitted to the union on November 2, 1889. The state capital is Bismarck , and the most populous city is Fargo . North Dakota is the 19th most extensive , but the 4th least populous , and the 4th least densely populated of the 50 United States .
The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]
North Dakota Mill and Elevator postcard, ca. 1922 North Dakota State Seed Department on North Dakota State University campus. The state is the largest producer in the U.S. of many cereal grains, including barley (36% of U.S. crop), durum wheat (58%), hard red spring wheat (48%), oats (17%), and combined wheat of all types (15%).
Delaware became the first state to ratify the United States Constitution. [65] no change to map: December 12, 1787 Pennsylvania became the second state to ratify the Constitution. [66] December 18, 1787 New Jersey became the third state to ratify the Constitution. [67] January 2, 1788 Georgia became the fourth state to ratify the Constitution. [68]
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. [22] President Harrison had the papers shuffled to obscure which one was signed first and the order went unrecorded. [23]