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  2. Dakota Territory - Wikipedia

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    Upon creation, Dakota Territory included much of present-day Montana and Wyoming as well as all of present-day North Dakota and South Dakota and a small portion of present-day Nebraska. [5] President Lincoln appointed Dakota Territory's first governor, William Jayne , who was Lincoln's old friend and neighbor from Springfield, Illinois.

  3. List of land-grant universities - Wikipedia

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    The State of Mississippi granted Alcorn three-fifths of the proceeds earned from the sale of thirty thousand acres of land scrip for agricultural colleges. From its beginning, it was a land grant college, and the money from the sale of the land scrip of the Morrill Act was used solely for the agricultural and mechanical components of this college.

  4. Clemson, South Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Clemson (/ ˈ k l ɛ m p s ən, ˈ k l ɛ m z ən / [6] [7]) is a city in Pickens and Anderson counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina.Clemson is adjacent to Clemson University, [8] and is identified with it; in 2015, the Princeton Review cited the town of Clemson as ranking #1 in the United States for "town-and-gown" relations with its resident university. [9]

  5. Campus of Clemson University - Wikipedia

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    On Clemson's death in 1888, he willed the land to the state of South Carolina for the creation of a public university. The university was founded in 1889, and three buildings from the initial construction still exist today: Hardin Hall (built in 1890), Main Building (later renamed Tillman Hall) (1894), and Godfrey Hall (1898). Other periods of ...

  6. Florida land boom of the 1920s - Wikipedia

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    The first real estate bubble in Florida was primarily caused by the economic prosperity of the 1920s coupled with a lack of knowledge about storm frequency and the poor building standards. This pioneering era of Florida land speculation lasted from 1924 to 1926 and attracted investors from all over the nation. [ 1 ]

  7. Watertown, South Dakota - Wikipedia

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    Watertown is a city in and the county seat of Codington County, South Dakota, United States. [7] Watertown is home to the Redlin Art Center, which houses many of the works of Terry Redlin, one of the nation's most popular wildlife artists.

  8. Crazy Horse Memorial - Wikipedia

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    The Crazy Horse Memorial is a mountain monument under construction on privately held land in the Black Hills, in Custer County, South Dakota, United States.It will depict the Oglala Lakota warrior Crazy Horse, riding a horse and pointing to his tribal land.

  9. Fargo, North Dakota - Wikipedia

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    Fargo is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Cass County.The population was 125,990 at the 2020 census, [4] which was estimated to have grown to 133,188 in 2023, [5] making it the 218th-most populous city in the United States.