Bicentennial Story #53-Governor Jayne-1861

Bicentennial Story #53-Governor Jayne-1861

Article about Dakota Territory's first governor, Governor William Jayne.

7/14/1975

4/16/1976

Father Louis Pfaller
Jack Hjort

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Dakota Territory

Copyright Stark County Historical Society and Dickinson Museum Center

William Jayne, Dakota Territory's first governor, had been Abraham Lincoln's personal physician in Springfield, Illinois. Unlike many of his successors, Jayne proved to be an excellent administrator. An item, tantalizingly brief, which appeared in a territorial newspaper of the time indicates that he understood the temper of his constituents and how to deal with them in the approved frontier fashion: "A real executive fist fight took place last night, at the Hotel d'Ash between the governor and Hon. Jesse Wherry, late receiver of the land office. Hair-pulling, choking, striking, blood-spitting, and pugilistic exercises were the order, which were performed with grit and relish."

This is Bicentennial Story No. 53, prepared by Father Louis Pfaller, for the Stark County Historical Society.

Bruce Nelson, Land of the Dakotahs, 119

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Bicentennial tape #2, Bicentennial stories 46-66