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Bismarck (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 46 48 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 46.8000 decimal degrees |
Long: 100 47 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -100.7833 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on E bank of Missouri river; began as military post established to protect Northern Pacific Railway workers 1870s; later expanded with discovery of gold in Black Hills; economy based on wheat & livestock distribution. |
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Bismarck (preferred,C,V)
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............ | renamed in 1873 after Otto von Bismark, in the hope of attracting German investment in the railway |
Camp Hancock (H,V)
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Camp Greenley (H,V)
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Crossing on the Missouri (H,V)
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Edwinton (C,V)
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The Crossing (C,V)
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Bismarck (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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originated as a port called Crossing on the Missouri ca. 1830 |
city (C) |
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incorporated in 1875 |
state capital (C) |
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since 1889 |
county seat (C) |
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since 1873 |
transportation center (C) |
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financial center (C) |
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cultural center (C) |
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capital (H) |
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of the Dakota Territory from 1883 until 1889, when the two states were divided & admitted to the Union |
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Related geographic places: |
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capital of .... |
North Dakota .......... (state) |
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(World, North and Central America, United States) [7007705] |
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