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  • Collection: Bicentennial Stories

Bicentennial Story #21-Death March to Yellowstone

Description of the harsh conditions General Alfred Sully and company traveled after the Battle of the Badlands.

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Bicentennial Story #22-Bismarck, 1883

Account of visit to Bismarck by former U.S. President, Ulysses S. Grant on September 5, 1883.

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Bicentennial Story #23-Young Mans Butte-I

Description of the naming of Young Mans Butte located 3 miles east of Richardton.

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Bicentennial Story #24-Young Mans Butte-II

Sioux description of the naming of Young Mans Butte located 3 miles east of Richardton.

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Bicentennial Story #25-Fr Sommereisen, 1873

Account of Father Valentine Sommereisen's lone trip across Indian country in 1873.

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Bicentennial Story #26-Grave at Young Mans Butte, 1874

Account of first known white man buried in the Richardton area, Sergeant Henry C. Stemker, 1874.

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Bicentennial Story #27-Stage Station at Young Mans Butte-I

Relay station established near Young Mans Butte along the Fort Keogh mail route in 1878.

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Bicentennial Story #28-Stage Station at Young Mans Butte-II

R.S. Brookings established the Oakdale Farm at the Young Mans Butte stage station location.

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Bicentennial Story #29-Young Mans Butte-Seat of Empire

Description of Young Mans Butte from an article in an eastern newspaper.

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Bicentennial Story #30-Shivaree at Gladstone-1880

Description of a railroad grading crew camp near the confluence of the Heart and Green Rivers.

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Bicentennial Story #31-First Burial at Gladstone-1880

Account of death and burial of Gerald Douglas on July 4, 1880, buried near Gladstone.

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Bicentennial Story #32-Gladstone planners-1882

Account of the creation of Gladstone, ND by settlers from Ripon, WI.

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Bicentennial Story #33-Dickinson platted

Account of the creation and platting of the town of Dickinson in 1882

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Bicentennial Story #34-Stark County commissioners

Description of the first Stark County commission meeting, May 30, 1883.

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Bicentennial Story #35-Dickinson to be county seat

Opinion printed in The Dickinson Press on March 31, 1883 about the choice of Dickinson as the county seat for Stark County.

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Bicentennial Story #36-Stark County established

Description of the creation of Stark County in May 1883.

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Bicentennial Story #37-Dickinson a trading center

Account of Dickinson as a trading center for the area.

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Bicentennial Story #38-Dickinson first school board

Account of the creation of the Dickinson school district and school board in 1883.

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Bicentennial Story #39-First Dickinson teachers

Description of the first school and teacher in Dickinson in 1883.

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Bicentennial Story #40-Dickinson parochial schools

A history of Catholic schools in Dickinson.

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