For example, in 1907, a new cooperative movement, the American Society of Equity, came to North Dakota and by 1913 had procreated well over 400 marketing and purchasing locals throughout the state. Among the many new settlers who immigrated during the second Dakota "boom" after 1905 were radicals, and they united into the North Dakota Socialist Party. read more
On Feb. 22, 1889, Congress approved statehood for both North Dakota and South Dakota if they would adopt state constitutions, divide property and liabilities, and form state governments. On May 14, North Dakota elected 75 delegates to a Constitutional Convention. read more
The land that today makes up North Dakota became U.S.territory as part of the Louisiana Purchaseof 1803.The regionwas originally part of the Minnesota and Nebraska territories, until, along with South Dakota, it was organized into the Dakota Territory in 1861. read more