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Parade at the 1889 Constitutional Convention held in Bismarck.
 North Dakota Timeline History
1610: Henry Hudson claimed Hudson Bay watershed for England, including eastern North Dakota
1682: LaSalle claimed Mississippi River drainage, including Missouri River drainage in North Dakota for France
1713: France gives England northern North Dakota
1738: French explorer, Pierre Gaultier de la Verendyre, visited Mandan villages
1762: Land claimed by LaSalle for France given to Spain
1794: Rene Jusseaume established fur post near Knife River
1797: English explorer, David Thompson, mapped northern part of state
1801: First white settlement established in Pembina
1803: Spain returned Missouri River watershed to France; Louisiana Purchase transferred area from France to United States
1804: Lewis and Clark arrived, built Fort Mandan
1806: Lewis and Clark expedition arrived at Fort Mandan on return to east
1812: William Douglas established a Scottish settlement near Pembina
1818: North Dakota became part of Missouri Territory
1828: American Fur Company opened Fort Union, remained the most important trading post in the area for 40 years
1837: Smallpox epidomic annihilated Mandan Indians
1851: Permanent agricultural settlement established at Pembina
1860: Regular steamboat service began on Missouri River
1861: Dakota Territory officially organized; William Jayne appointed first governor
1863: Dakota Territory opened for homesteading
1867: Fort Totten Indian Reservation established
1868: Laramie Treaty defined Sioux lands as west of Missouri River in Dakota Territory; Joseph Rolette was first homesteader
1870: Fort Berthold Indian Reservation established
1874: Col. George A. Custer explored Black Hills, verified existence of gold
1875: U. S. War Department allowed white settlement on Indian lands causing major uprising
1876: Custer defeated at Little Big Horn River
1878: Ranching began in western Dakota Territory
1879: Great Dakota land boom began
1882: Last Indian buffalo hunt occurred; fire destroyed much of Grand Forks
1883: Territorial capital moved to Bismarck from Yankton
1884: Fire destroyed half of city of Devils Lake
1886: Severe winter ended open range ranching
1889: North Dakota became 39th state
1890: Sitting Bull killed
1893: Fire destroyed business section of Fargo
1898: Fire destroyed Bismarck business section
1901: Ranch operator, Theodore Roosevelt, became president of U. S.
1911: State flag designated
1915: Wheat crop largest to date
1918: Influenza epidemic killed 2,700
1919: Windstorm killed 8, injured 40; first airplane fatality occurred
1921: Governor, Attorney General, Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor recalled by voters
1922: First motor vehicle bridge across Missouri River established at Bismarck
1929: Severe drought began, lasted nearly eight years
1930: Severe windstore damaged 1,847 buildings
1932: Prohibition agents made biggest raid west of Chicago at Jamestown
1936: Highest and lowest temperatures recorded, 60 degrees below zero at Parshall and 120 degrees above at Steele; drought devastated crops
1938: First hard-surfaced highway completed across state
1941: Red River Valley blizzard killed 90
1951: Oil discovered near Tioga; voter registration repealed
1953: Bones of Sitting Bull stolen from grave at Fort Yates, reburied near Mobridge, South Dakota
1956: Construction began at Grand Forks Air Force Base; Garrison Dam began generating electricity
1957: Construction began at Minot Air Force Base
1960: Garrison Dam completed; Lake Sakakawea formed
1961: Roger Maris of Fargo broke Babe Ruth's home run record
1963: Uranium recovery began; Minuteman Missiles arrived at Grand Forks and Minot Air Force bases
1965: North Dakota's first Minuteman Missile installed in underground site
1966: Worst blizzard in state history occurred
1968: First recorded earthquake in state recorded near Ashley
1969: Minot hit by flood; 126 Minot teachers dismissed during strike
1973: Sales taxes on groceries repealed
1975: Blizzard killed 12 residents, countless cattle; resulting floods caused $1 billion in damages; North Dakota only state to ratify ERA
1978: Oil boom began in western part of state; sunflowers became second largest cash crop; 23 counties eligible for disaster assistance due to spring flooding
1984: Ruth Meiers became first woman Lieutenant Governor
1985: State's first ethanol plant built at Walhalla; Beryl Levine became first woman Justice of North Dakota Supreme Court
1987: 10,000 people evacuated homes in Minot due to fire at agricultural chemical warehouse
1988: Severe drought destroyed acres of wheat
1997: Red River flooding devastated Grand Forks
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