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BISMARCK , the See also:

capital of See also:

North Dakota, U.S.A., and the See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of Burleigh county, on the E. See also:

BANK

bank of the See also:

MISSOURI

Missouri See also:

RIVER

river, in the S. central See also:

PART

part of the See also:

state. Pop. (1890) 2186; (1900) 3319, of whom 746 were See also:

FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born; (1905) 4913; (1910) 5443. It is on the See also:

main See also:

LINE

line of the See also:

NORTHERN

Northern Pacific, and do the Minneapolis, St See also:

Paul & Sault Ste See also:

MARIE

Marie See also:

RAILWAYS

railways; and steamboats run from here to lblannhaven, See also:

MERCER (through Fr. mercier, from popular Lat. mercerius, a dealer, merx, merces, merchandise)

Mercer county, and Fort See also:

Yates, See also:

Morton county. The See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city is about 165o ft. above See also:

sea-level. It contains the state capitol, the state See also:

PENITENTIARY (med. Lat. poenitentiarius, from poenitentia, penance, poena, punishment, a term used both as adjective and substantive, referring either to the means of repentance or that of punishment. In its ecclesiastical use the word is used as the equi

penitentiary, a U.S. See also:

LAND

land See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office, a U.S. surveyor-See also:

general's office, a U.S. See also:

INDIAN

Indian school and a U.S. See also:

WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather station; about a mile S. of the city is Fort See also:

Lincoln, a See also:

UNITED

United States See also:

army See also:

POST

post. Bismarck is the headquarters for See also:

NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation of the upper Missouri river, is situated in a See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good agricultural region, and has a large wholesale See also:

trade, See also:

SHIPPING

shipping See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain, hides, furs, See also:

WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool and See also:

COAL

coal. It was founded in 1873, and was chartered as a city in 1876; from 1883 to 1889 it was the capital of Dakota Territory, on the See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of which it became the capital of North Dakota.

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