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| '''5500 B.C.''' North Dakota's history includes a rich native American presence archeologically documented.<br>
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| '''1600's''' Cheyenne, Dakota-Sioux, Mandans and Hidatsas lived in the land which is now North Dakota.<br>
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| '''1610''' Henry Hudson claimed part of eastern North Dakota for the English. <br>
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| '''1682''' LaSalle claimed parts of North Dakota for France. <br>
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| '''1700's''' the area now known as North Dakota was passed between the French, Spanish, and English while fur traders hunted the rich river lands for furs. <br>
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| '''1800''' Alexander Henry Jr. established a post at Park River which soon became the site of the first white settlement in North Dakota. <br>
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| '''1804-1805''' “Corps of Discovery” expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark entered North Dakota and wintered near the present town of Washburn.<br>
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| '''1818''', following the War of 1812, what is now North Dakota became part of the Missouri Territory when the 49th parallel was agreed to as the boundary between the U.S. and Great Britain. <br>
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| '''1830's''' saw the area divided between the territories of Iowa, Michigan and Wisconsin. <br>
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| '''1849''' land east of the Missouri River became part of the Minnesota Territory.<br>
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| '''1854''' became part of the Nebraska Territory. <br>
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| '''1861''' brought the organization of the territory of Dakota. <br>
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| '''1870''' after much contention between the native residents and white settlers, the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation was established and treaties between the Sioux and Chippewa nations and the U.S. government ceded most of eastern North Dakota to the Federal government. <br>
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| '''1879''' marked the Great Dakota Land Boom. <br>
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| '''1885''' produced the first Dakota Territorial census. <br>
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| '''1889''' the state of North Dakota was admitted to the Union. <br>
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