Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A territory of the north-central United States organized in 1861 and divided into the states of North Dakota and South Dakota in 1889. The territory included much of present-day Montana until 1864 and Wyoming until 1868.
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Examples
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My brother-in-law, Sam Thal advised us to go to Dakota Territory.
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In 1886, when he was a 27-year-old gentleman rancher in the Dakota Territory, he proposed raising "some companies of horse riflemen out here in the event of trouble with Mexico."
Why Men Love War 2010
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The third season hasn't yet aired in NZ; I'll be interested to see how Al deals with accession to the Dakota Territory and the Hearst threat.
Public Choice Television, Eric Crampton | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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In 1890 in Eden, Dakota Territory, when she entered his Dogleg Saloon, John Roper knew instantly the bruised young girl did not belong there.
Eden-Carolyn Davidson « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2009
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Cheyenne got its start in 1867, when the Union Pacific Railroad announced plans to pass through what was then a Dakota Territory outpost.
Western Outpost 2008
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Later, he shifted his base of operations to Deadwood, Dakota Territory, where he “thrived on the intrigues and law suits brought by the large mining companies against one another.”
A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985
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Later, he shifted his base of operations to Deadwood, Dakota Territory, where he “thrived on the intrigues and law suits brought by the large mining companies against one another.”
A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985
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Later, he shifted his base of operations to Deadwood, Dakota Territory, where he “thrived on the intrigues and law suits brought by the large mining companies against one another.”
A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985
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Five times the warriors gathered and attacked Fort Abraham Lincoln in the Dakota Territory, near Bismarck, for here was the gathering place of the whites who would invade the land of the Sioux.
THE AMERICAN WEST DEE BROWN 2007
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In 1883, the U.S. S.preme Court ruled that the Dakota Territory court had no jurisdiction in a case in which a member of the Lakota nation killed a fellow member on tribal land.
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