Aberdeen, South Dakota plotted as a town site on January 3, 1881, by Charles Prior, for the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad (Milwaukee Road). Aberdeen was officially founded on July 6, 1881 when the first Milwaukee Road train arrived.
South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889.
November 2, 1889.
It became a US State on 2 November 1889.
Fort Pierre, established in 1817, was the first permanent settlement in South Dakota.
It was established by political whim, not by a cartographer or geographer.
It was established by political whim, not by a cartographer or geographer.
The Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota was established in 1889 when the Great Sioux Reservation was partitioned into five smaller reservations.
The Dakota Territory existed from March 2, 1861 until November 2, 1889, when it was admitted to the union as the states of North Dakota and South Dakota.
1939: South Dakota Codified Law 13-5-1 gives 1939 as the first time the legislature approved a definition of a school district.
South Dakota
The city of Gary, South Dakota was named after postal official H.B. Gary who maintained the post office there.
The US state of South Dakota is south of the US state of North Dakota.
No specific person or group is credited with founding South Dakota. South Dakota was part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. The Dakota Territory was established in 1861 by the US Government. The Enabling Act of 1889 allowed several states to form state governments and gain admission to the union. The Dakota Territory was split into two states, North Dakota and South Dakota. On November 2, 1889, President Benjamin Harrison signed the documents creating the two states.
No specific person or group is credited with founding South Dakota. South Dakota was part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. The Dakota Territory was established in 1861 by the US Government. The Enabling Act of 1889 allowed several states to form state governments and gain admission to the union. The Dakota Territory was split into two states, North Dakota and South Dakota. On November 2, 1889, President Benjamin Harrison signed the documents creating the two states.
The US state of North Dakota is north of South Dakota.