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STATEHOOD HISTORY OF SOUTH DAKOTA EFFORTS
A historical sketch outlines South Dakota statehood efforts from 1881 to 1885, detailing petitions to Congress, failed and successful constitutional conventions, and eventual admission as a state. It notes parallel hopes for North Dakota and recalls political figures and governance debates of that era.
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South Dakota
North Dakota
Congress
Territorial Legislative Assembly
Washington
Senate
House of Representatives
City of
Huron
Land
Sioux Falls
aAession
Friends of Dakota
Dakota
House
Mehry
Siona Falls
New Sion
Union of States
Grover
Danestror Jessage
Wasuinatox
Nov
Cleveland
Manton Marble
Henry Watterson
Marble
Whitney
Thia
Vilas
Mesaure