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Free Traveling Guides » States » North Dakota History of North Dakota
North Dakota, situated in the Midwestern and Western regions of the United States of America, was inhabited by Native Americans for thousands of years. La Verendrye, a French-Canadian trader, was the first European to arrive in the region in 1738. Following the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the Lewis and Clark Expedition reached North Dakota in 1804. The acquired land was soon organized into the Nebraska and Minnesota Territories. Dakota Territory, which comprised of parts of today’s Wyoming and Montana, and also the present-day North and South Dakota, was formally established on March 2, 1861. North Dakota was carved out of the northern half of the Dakota Territory, following the Enabling Act of 1889, and was finally admitted to the Union as the 39th U. S. State on November 2, 1889. In the early 20th century, the corruption in the territorial and state governments reached its heights, resulting in a wave of populism led by the Non Partisan League, which finally brought social reforms to the state. On December 28, 1930, the original North Dakota State Capitol was burnt to the ground and was soon replaced by the current state capitol. Federal construction projects, which began in the 1950s, and the discovery of oil in western North Dakota paved way for the rapid development of the state. |
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