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NORTH DAKOTA. |
THE first recorded
settlement in North Dakota was
made by a French trader, in 1780,
at Pembina. Here also the Earl of
Selkirk's Scottish colony was
established from 1812 to 1823,
under a grant from the Hudson Bay
Company. When the discovery was
made that the settlement was
within American jurisdiction,
many of the colonists removed
northward into Manitoba. Up to
1875 there were fewer than 1,000
whites in North Dakota, but after
that time a strong flood of
immigration set in favored by the
construction of railways. |
The
centers of population were at
Fargo and Bismarck in north
Dakota, and Yankton in south
Dakota. In early days the
diversity of interests led to
sharp contests between the two
sections, but it finally resulted
in the formation of two new
States. |
Wheat-raising
is the chief industry of North
Dakota, and several of the
"Bonanza" farms of the
Red River valley are from 5,000
to 15,000 acres in extent. The
famous Dalrymple farm covers
75,000 acres. The active
immigration induced by the
Canadian Pacific Railway into
Manitoba in 1883-84 resulted
fortunately for the two
neighboring American States. The
immigrants found the cost of
living very high, and thousands
of them drifted southward across
the border, where more favorable
conditions prevailed, and they
soon became permanent citizens of
the United States. |
ILLUSTRATIONS. |
Bad
Lands of the Little Missouri; a
Sioux Chief;
a Dakota Farm. |
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