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BISMARCK , the See also:capital of See also:North Dakota, U.S.A., and the See also:county-seat of Burleigh county, on the E. See also:bank of the See also:Missouri See also:river, in the S. central See also:part of the See also:state . Pop . (1890) 2186; (1900) 3319, of whom 746 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1905) 4913; (1910) 5443 . It is on the See also:main See also:line of the See also:Northern Pacific, and do the Minneapolis, St See also:Paul & Sault Ste See also:Marie See also:railways; and steamboats run from here to lblannhaven, See also:Mercer county, and Fort See also:Yates, See also:Morton county . The See also:city is about 165o ft. above See also:sea-level . It contains the state capitol, the state See also:penitentiary, a U.S. See also:land See also:office, a U.S. surveyor-See also:general's office, a U.S . See also:Indian school and a U.S. See also:weather station; about a mile S. of the city is Fort See also:Lincoln, a See also:United States See also:army See also:post . Bismarck is the headquarters for See also:navigation of the upper Missouri river, is situated in a See also:good agricultural region, and has a large wholesale See also:trade, See also:shipping See also:grain, hides, furs, See also:wool and See also:coal . It was founded in 1873, and was chartered as a city in 1876; from 1883 to 1889 it was the capital of Dakota Territory, on the See also:division of which it became the capital of North Dakota . |
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