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Traveling night and day, she returned downriver to Bismarck, Dakota Territory, making the 710 mi (1,140 km) run in the record time of 54 hours and bringing the first news of the military defeat which came to be popularly known as the "Custer Massacre". After 1876 Far West was sold by the Coulson Packet Line.
The Dakota skipper has experienced declining populations from destruction and modification of native prairie for grazing, herbicide use and building. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service placed the Dakota skipper on the Candidate list for protections under the Endangered Species Act from 1975 to 2014, [3] and it has been petitioned twice for protection under the Endangered Species Act in 1994 ...
The South Dakota class was a group of four fast battleships built by the United States Navy. They were the second class of battleships to be named after the 40th state; the first were designed in the 1920s and canceled under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty. Four ships comprised the class: South Dakota, Indiana, Massachusetts, and Alabama.
"The Shitty Dick" – USS South Dakota – nickname given by the crewmen of USS Washington, as a result of South Dakota having been given sole credit in the press for the victory at the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. "Shitty Kitty" – USS Kitty Hawk "Showboat" – USS North Carolina "Sleek and Deadly Duck" – USS Donald B. Beary
Bismarck (/ ˈ b ɪ z m ɑːr k /; from 1872 to 1873: Edwinton) is the capital city of the U.S. state of North Dakota and the seat of Burleigh County. [8] It is the state's second-most populous city, after Fargo.
Fort Lincoln Internment Camp was a military post and internment camp located south of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA, on the east side of the Missouri River.. It was first established as a military post in 1895 to replace Fort Yates, following the closure of the original Fort Abraham Lincoln on the west side of the Missouri River in 1891.
I-94 BL, across the Missouri River, Bismarck, North Dakota: Area: 19 acres (7.7 ha) Built: 1920: Built by: American Bridge Company: Architectural style: Warren-Turner through truss: MPS: Historic Roadway Bridges of North Dakota MPS: NRHP reference No. 97000172 [1] Significant dates; Added to NRHP: March 11, 1997: Removed from NRHP: March 25, 2009
The railroad operates approximately 523 miles (893 km) of track. DMVW's network includes 435 miles (700 km) of track leased from Canadian Pacific Railway, 13 miles (21 km) of track from McKenzie, North Dakota, to Moffit, North Dakota, and 75 miles (121 km) of track from Geneseo, North Dakota, to Aberdeen, South Dakota.