Early Settlement
became the capital of Dakota Territory in 1883
Bismarck
this President signed the homestead act
Abraham Lincoln
the majority of pioneers arrived in ND by
train
A group traveling in a line
caravan
Badlands rancher who became the 26th President
Theodore Roosevelt
they invented the Red River Cart
the Metis'
gigantic wheat farms
Bonanza farms
they were cool in the summer and warm in the winter
sod houses or soddies
C-a-p-i-t-o-l
a person who settles in an area which has not been occupied before except by tribes
pioneer
On November 2, 1889, President Benjamin Harrison signed the bill that did this
granted statehood to North and South Dakota
This President owned two ranches in the Badlands
Theodore Roosevelt
A January 1888 blizzard in ND was nicknamed this
The Children's Blizzard
a plan of government
Constitution
a person from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland or Iceland
Scandanavian
The first steamboat on the Missouri River
The Yellowstone
were the second largest group of immigrants who settled in North Dakota
German-Russians
these three cities were destroyed by fire
Grand Forks, Fargo and Devils Lake
a ten year period
decade
managed the first bonanza farm
Oliver Dalrymple
The first railroad to enter North Dakota
The Northern Pacific Railroad
two major factors which accounted for settlement of North Dakota
the Homestead Act and the construction or railroads
a large number of homesteaders left the prairie because of these five hardships
isolation, illness, grasshoppers, dust storms and prairie fires
measures about 1/2 mile on each side
Quarter Section
Calvary unit led by Theodore Roosevelt
Rough Riders