Bicentennial Story #126-DSC #4

Bicentennial Story #126-DSC #4

Account of the vote in November 7, 1916 to establish a Normal School in Dickinson.

10/23/1975

O. T. Belsheim

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English

BS-126

Dickinson, ND

Copyright Stark County Historical Society and Dickinson Museum Center

The election of November 7, 1916, was a significant one for the people of western North Dakota, for it was then that the Constitutional Amendment was adopted which authorized the creation of what is now Dickinson State College. There were 60,582 votes cast for the proposal, and 43,334 against. Only 17 of North Dakota's then - 52 counties failed to return favorable majorities, and all of those, with the exception of Mercer, were in the eastern part of the state. As might be expected, the greatest support came from Stark County where the vote ran 2,278 for to only 177 against, and the least support came from the most distant county, Pembina, where the vote was 1,026 for and 1,547 against. It was now up to the 1917 Legislature to fund the new institution, and its work could begin.

This is Bicentennial Story No. 126, prepared by O.T. Belsheim for the Stark County Historical Society.

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Bicentennial tape #7, Bicentennial stories 108-127