1861 – Confederate States of America formed

1876 – Bismarck becomes a center for the transportation route between St. Paul, Minn., and the Black Hills. Spearheaded by Col. Lounsberry, founder of the Bismarck Tribune, the intention of the route was to help transport gold miners to the Black Hills after reports from Lounsberry, a “reliable party,” that there were large quantities of gold in the hills.

1879 – General Rosser, with nearly fifty employed men, work to get railroad track laid across the Missouri River, on what was referred to as “Nature’s ice bridge.”

1887 – General Allotment Act, or Dawes Act, goes into effect. The policy, if it had been successful, would have brought the reservation system to an end.

1926 – KFYR, Bismarck’s first radio station, goes on air.

Along the Trail with Lewis and Clark
1805 – Lewis, at Fort Mandan, is visited by Black Cat, the Chief of the upper Mandan Village. Lewis was presented with a bow, and Black Cat, how had promised to also deliver a shield, apologized that he was unable to complete it due to the weather.

Speaking of Black Cat, Lewis said that he was a man who possessed integrity, firmness, intelligence, and perspicuity of mind.

At Fort Clark with F.A. Chardon
1836 – As a snow storm moved into the area that evening, Chardon waited for his hunters to return. Returning before the storm, the hunting trip had proved to be a success.

1837 – While the hunt was successful the year before, Chardon’s hunters returned empty handed in 1837. Having been attacked by the “Assinneboines of four horses, party of fourty,” as they were mistaken for the Mandan, one member of the party would be killed, N. Durant.

Commenting on the manner of Durant’s wife, Chardon expressed how she didn’t seem to care about the death of her husband, lamenting, “what affectionate wives we all have in this country.”