Bismarck (North Dakota)
Burleigh County
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Bismarck is the capital of the U.S. state of North Dakota and the administrative district of Burleigh County. The city on the Missouri River is the second largest in the state. It is the seat of a Catholic diocese, and is an important trading center for wheat and cattle.
- 2.1 townscape
- 3.1 Sons and daughters of the town
History
Before the white settlers reached the area around present-day Bismarck, Mandan tribe of Indians lived here. The city was founded in 1872 as Edwinton. The name goes back to Edwinton Edwin Ferry Johnson (1803-1872), a chief engineer of the railway company Northern Pacific Railway.
The modern name of Bismarck, which was introduced in 1873 by the Northern Pacific Railway, is derived from the then German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck. The idea was to honor the German chancellor, hoping to attract German immigrants to the city. To a wave of immigration occurred but only when in the vicinity ( Black Hills ) 1874 gold was found. In 1883 Bismarck capital of the Dakota Territory. In 1889, she eventually became the capital of the state of North Dakota.
Population Development
Culture and sights
Cityscape
The complex North Dakota State Capitol is located north of downtown Bismarck. Its central element is the 19-storey State Capitol in the style of Art Deco, which is the tallest building in North Dakota with its height of 74 meters. The State Capitol, designed the image of the city center and can be easily seen in good weather from a distance of 30 km. Therefore, this high-rise gained the nickname Skyscraper on the Prairie. The building was in 1934, during the Great Depression, completed, replacing the first State Capitol, which was in 1930 burned to the ground. On the grounds of the North Dakota State Capitol also include the North Dakota Heritage Center, the. North Dakota State Library, the residence of the Governor of North Dakota, the State Office Building and the Liberty Memorial Building
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the town
- Ed Schafer ( born 1946 ), politician of the Republican Party, former governor of North Dakota ( 1992-2000) and former Minister of Agriculture of the United States (2008-2009)
- Kent Conrad ( b. 1948 ), politician of the Democratic Party, North Dakota represents since 1987 in the Senate of the United States
- Paula Broadwell (* 1972), journalist and anti- terrorism expert
- Leslie Bibb ( born 1974 ), actress
Name Variants
The city has some name variants:
- Bismark
- Edwinton
- The Crossing