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Bismarck was founded by European-Americans in 1872 on the east bank of the Missouri River. It has been North Dakota's capital city since 1889, when the state was created from the Dakota Territory and admitted to the Union. [10] Bismarck is across the river from Mandan, named after a Native American tribe of the area. [11]
Bismarck–Mandan, colloquially referred to as BisMan, is the metropolitan area composed of Burleigh, Morton, and Oliver counties in the state of North Dakota. Its core cities, Bismarck and Mandan, are located on opposite sides of the upper Missouri River. Lincoln is a suburb located immediately south-east of Bismarck. The 2023 population of ...
The Bismarck Tribune is a daily newspaper in Bismarck, North Dakota. Owned by Lee Enterprises , it is the only daily newspaper for south-central and southwest North Dakota . History
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Bismarck is the capital of the state of North Dakota, the county seat of Burleigh County, and the second most populous city in North Dakota after Fargo. The city was formed in 1872 as "Edwinton" after Edwin Ferry Johnson, a chief engineer for the Northern Pacific Railway company, when the railroad reached the eastern banks of the Missouri River .
Bismarck State's athletic teams are called the Mystics. The college is a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), primarily competing in the Mon-Dak Conference (MDC) for most of its sports since 1963. They are also members of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA) for men's and women's rodeo.
Bismarck Municipal Airport [2] [3] (IATA: BIS [4], ICAO: KBIS, FAA LID: BIS) is in Burleigh County, North Dakota, United States, [2] three miles southeast of the City of Bismarck, North Dakota, which owns it. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a primary commercial service airport. [5]
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