The region of present-day North Dakota is populated by Indian tribes – Ojibwés, Cheyennes and Sioux (Dakotas) – when it was explored in 1738 by the Canadian Pedra do Vérendrye.
In the 1790s, the Canadian Northwest Company and the Hudson Bay Company set up trade counters on the Red River. The North Dakota then passes under the control of the United States as part of the Louisiana purchase from France in 1803. The border with Canada is definitely established in 1818, on the 49th parallel. In 1861, a territory in Dakota comprising North Dakota and South Dakota, Montana and Wyoming is created. The Dakotas Indians, deprived of their land, are driven away from western Missouri. Numerous settlers, including Norwegian and German immigrants, affluent in the 1870-1890s, attracted by fertile agricultural land. The North Dakota joined the Union on November 2nd 1889, as the thirty-ninth American State.
Crisis of the 1930s
The North Dakota was touched by the crisis of the 1930s, causing mass emigration. The local economy, however, rebounded with prosperity during the Second World War. The oil and coal industries developed particularly in the 1970s. The population of North Dakota decreased in the 1980s as well as in the early 1990s; it is now below its 1920 level.
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Universities, scientific institutions in North Dakota
University of North Dakota at Grand Forks
The University of North Dakota is located in the city of Grand Forks and was founded in 1883. It is the oldest university in the state and even 6 years older than the state itself. A total of over 13,000 students study here, making the University of North Dakota the largest university in North Dakota. The university has the following faculties:
- Engineering
- art
- medicine
- Natural sciences
- pedagogy
- law Sciences
- Economics
| Contact | www.und.edu |
North Dakota State University in Fargo
The North Dakota State University in the city of Fargo is a state university that was founded in 1890. With approximately 12,000 students, North Dakota State University is the second largest university in the state after the University of North Dakota. The university’s research is very good and the university has gained a special reputation in the fields of agriculture, nanotechnology and radio frequency identification.
| Contact | www.ndsu.edu |
Public Schools in North Dakota by County
- North Dakota Adams County Public Schools
- North Dakota Barnes County Public Schools
- North Dakota Benson County Public Schools
- North Dakota Billings County Public Schools
- North Dakota Bottineau County Public Schools
- North Dakota Bowman County Public Schools
- North Dakota Burke County Public Schools
- North Dakota Burleigh County Public Schools
- North Dakota Cass County Public Schools
- North Dakota Cavalier County Public Schools
- North Dakota Dickey County Public Schools
- North Dakota Divide County Public Schools
- North Dakota Dunn County Public Schools
- North Dakota Eddy County Public Schools
- North Dakota Emmons County Public Schools
- North Dakota Foster County Public Schools
- North Dakota Golden Valley County Public Schools
- North Dakota Grand Forks County Public Schools
- North Dakota Grant County Public Schools
- North Dakota Griggs County Public Schools
- North Dakota Hettinger County Public Schools
- North Dakota Kidder County Public Schools
- North Dakota Lamoure County Public Schools
- North Dakota Logan County Public Schools
- North Dakota Mchenry County Public Schools
- North Dakota Mcintosh County Public Schools
- North Dakota Mckenzie County Public Schools
- North Dakota Mclean County Public Schools
- North Dakota Mercer County Public Schools
- North Dakota Morton County Public Schools
- North Dakota Mountrail County Public Schools
- North Dakota Nelson County Public Schools
- North Dakota Oliver County Public Schools
- North Dakota Pembina County Public Schools
- North Dakota Pierce County Public Schools
- North Dakota Ramsey County Public Schools
- North Dakota Ransom County Public Schools
- North Dakota Renville County Public Schools
- North Dakota Richland County Public Schools
- North Dakota Rolette County Public Schools
- North Dakota Sargent County Public Schools
- North Dakota Sheridan County Public Schools
- North Dakota Sioux County Public Schools
- North Dakota Slope County Public Schools
- North Dakota Stark County Public Schools
- North Dakota Steele County Public Schools
- North Dakota Stutsman County Public Schools
- North Dakota Towner County Public Schools
- North Dakota Traill County Public Schools
- North Dakota Walsh County Public Schools
- North Dakota Ward County Public Schools
- North Dakota Wells County Public Schools
- North Dakota Williams County Public Schools