and in 1854 all to the west of the said rivers was included in the Territory ofNebraska. Finally, March 2, 1861, President Buchanan signed the bill creating the Territory of North Dakota, with Dr. William Jayne of Springfield, Ill., as first governor; and on November 2, 1889, the State...
Minnesota, one of the North Central States of the American Union, lies about midway between the eastern and western shores of the continent, and about midway be...