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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 (/ ˈ b ɪ z m ɑːr k /; from 1872 to 1873: Edwinton) is the capital of the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Burleigh County. [8] It is the state's second-most populous city, after Fargo.
Early history of North Dakota, (1919) anexcellent history by the editor of the Bismarck Tribune; 645pp online edition; Lysengen, Janet Daley and Rathke, Ann M., eds. The Centennial Anthology of "North Dakota History: Journal of the Northern Plains." (1996). 526 pp. articles from state history journal covering all major topics in the state's history
View history; Tools. Tools. move to ... This list contains the founding dates of North Dakota incorporated cities. 1850. Pembina; ... New Town; 1959. Sibley; 1973
Map of the United States with North Dakota highlighted. North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern United States. All incorporated communities in North Dakota are considered cities, regardless of population; there are no towns, villages, or hamlets in the state. There are 355 municipalities.
Added to NRHP. October 28, 2001. The Downtown Bismarck Historic District is a 40-acre (16 ha) historic district in Bismarck, North Dakota that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. It includes work by architect Arthur Van Horn and others. The listing included 40 contributing buildings. [1][2]
The Menoken Indian Village Site, also known as Menoken Site, Verendrye Site or Apple Creek Site is an archeological site near Bismarck, North Dakota.The site, that of a fortified village occupied c. 1300, is important in the region's prehistory, as it is one of the only sites that predates sites that are more clearly associated with the historic Hidatsa, Mandan, and Arikara cultures.
The North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum, located on the North Dakota State Capitol grounds in Bismarck, is the state of North Dakota 's official history museum. The original building, which was opened in 1981, [1] is operated by the State Historical Society of North Dakota and features permanent and temporary exhibits.