Dakota Territory was the name of an organized territory of the United States that existed from 1861 to 1889. Territories of the United States are one type of political division of the United States, administered by the U The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The territory consisted of the northernmost part of the land acquired in the Louisiana Purchase of the United States. For the film see Louisiana Purchase (film. The Louisiana Purchase (French Vente de la Louisiane "Louisiana Sale"

Most of Dakota Territory was formerly part of the Minnesota and Nebraska territories. Minnesota Territory was an Organized territory of the United States from March 3 1849 to May 11 1858, when Minnesota The Territory of Nebraska was a historic Organized territory of the United States from May 30, 1854 until March 1, 1867 When Minnesota became a state in 1858, the leftover area east of the Missouri River fell unorganized. Minnesota ( Native Americans demonstrated the name to early settlers When the Yankton Treaty was signed later that year, ceding much of what had been Lakota land to the U. The Lakota (laˈkˣota (also Teton, Tetonwan) are a Native American tribe S. Government, early settlers formed an unofficial provisional government and unsuccessfully lobbied for United States territory status. A provisional government is an emergency or interim government set up when a political void has been created by the collapse of a previous administration or regime However, it wasn't until three years later when soon-to-be-President Abraham Lincoln's cousin-in-law, J.B.S. Todd, personally lobbied for territory status that Washington formally created Dakota Territory. Abraham Lincoln (February 12 1809 &ndash April 15 1865 the sixteenth President of the United States, successfully led his country through its greatest internal John Blair Smith Todd ( April 4, 1814 &ndash January 5, 1872) was a Delegate from Dakota Territory to the United States House Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D

It became a historic, organized territory on March 2, 1861. Events 986 - Louis V becomes King of the Franks. 1127 - Assassination of Charles the Good Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Upon creation, the territory of Dakota Territory included much of present-day Montana and Wyoming; by 1868, creation of new territories reduced Dakota Territory to the present boundaries of the Dakotas. Montana ( is a state in the Western United States. One-third of the state in the western part contains numerous mountain ranges (approximately 77 named of the northern The State of Wyoming ( is a sparsely populated state in the western region of the United States. The Dakotas is a collective term used around the world that refers to the U

The territorial capital was Yankton from 1861 until 1883, when it was moved to Bismarck. Yankton is a city in Yankton County, South Dakota, United States. Bismarck is the Capital of the US state of North Dakota, the County seat of Burleigh County, and the second most populous city in Dakota Territory was divided into the states of North Dakota and South Dakota on November 2, 1889. North Dakota ( is a state located in the Midwestern and Western regions of the United States of America. South Dakota ( is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America. Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The admission of two states, as opposed to one, was done for a number of reasons. The two centers of population in the territory were in the northeast and southeast corners of the territory, several hundred miles away from each other. On a national level, there was pressure from the Republican Party to admit the two states rather than one to add political power in the Senate.

Contents 1 Life in Dakota Territory 2 Notes 3 See also 4 External links

Life in Dakota Territory

After becoming an organized territory, the population increased very slowly during the early years and then very rapidly with the "Dakota Boom" from 1870 to 1880. ^[1] The population grew slowly for a number of reasons. Mainly, the Sioux Indians were considered very hostile and a threat to early settlers. They were gradually defeated and were not as severe a threat. ^[2] The population increase can largely be attributed to the growth of railroads, specifically the Northern Pacific Railroad. The Northern Pacific Railway was a railway that operated in the north-central region of the United States. Settlers that came to the Dakota Territory were from other western territories as well as many from Northern and Western Europe. These included large number of Norwegians, Germans, Swedes, and Canadians. ^[3]

Life in Dakota was organized around agriculture and the fertile soil. Wheat became the main cash crop of the territory. Economic hardship hit the territory in the 1880s because of a decline in price of wheat and a drought that hit the territory hard. Other economic activities included mining and cattle ranching. Gold was discovered in the Black Hills and attracted more settlers to the area. The Black Hills ( Pahá Sápa in Lakota, Moˀȯhta-voˀhonáaeva in Cheyenne) are a small isolated Mountain range rising from the This population increase in many ways led to more of a necessity for meat products and cattle ranching became prominent on Dakota's vast open ranges. ^[4]

Notes

See also

• United States Congressional Delegations from Dakota Territory
• Governors of Dakota Territory
• Historic regions of the United States
• HBO fictional series Deadwood set in the town of Deadwood in the Black Hills, in 1876

External links

• Collection of Historical Photographs of the Dakota Territory

From 1861 to 1889 Dakota Territory (which later became the states of North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana, and parts of Idaho, Wyoming Dakota Territory existed as an entity from 1861 until 1889, when it was divided into the states of North Dakota and South Dakota. These are historic regions of the United States, meaning regions that were legal entities in the past or which the average modern American would no longer immediately recognize Deadwood is an American western &ndash Drama Television series created produced and almost entirely written by David Milch

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