| Summary: | Timelines & fytrSlS 1641— Earliest recorded white history and formal control of land including Foster County. All the Mississippi Basin was claimed by DeSoto for Spain. 1680— LaSalle claims the same area for France. 1700— Yanktonai and Teton Dakota Indians move from Minnesota to the Drift Prairies of land now called North Dakota. 1738— LaVerendrye establishes trade with the Indians. Interest in the fur trade leads to more exploration of the area. He may have crossed present area which includes Foster County enroute to the Missouri River. 1762— France transfers her American land claimed by LaSalle to Spain. 1801— Spain grants her American possessions back to France. 1803— France sells a parcel of land known as the Louisiana Purchase to the United States. The area including part of Foster County became known as the District of Orleans. 1804— Lewis and Clark are sent on an expedition in the newly acquired area to chart information and to look for a route to the Pacific Ocean. 1834— Area including Foster County forms a part of Territory of Michigan. 1835— Hudson Bay Company hunters pass through the county. 1837— Michigan is admitted to Union. Area including Foster County becomes part of Wisconsin. 1838— June 12— Iowa is made separate territory and includes Dakota territory. 1840— Red River Valley Buffalo hunters pass through the county in pursuit of game. 1849— Eastern part of Dakota Territory including Foster County becomes Minnesota Territory. 1853— Government railroad surveyors come to area led by Isaac Stevens, who was Governor of Washington territory. 1861— Civil War. Dakota Territory created on March 2. 1862— Gold was discovered in Montana. Forts were built to protect miners from the Indians. Emigrant wagon train, led by James Fisk stopped to camp in the county on the way to Idaho. Indian War in Minnesota forces many tribes to come to North Dakota. Homestead Act passed by Congress providing an opportunity to acquire land easily. 1863— General Sibley is sent to track down the Indians. He and his troops spent six nights in Foster County. Dakota Territory opened for Homesteading. 1864— Congress charters the Northern Pacific Railroad and gives it a grant of 50 million acres of land to enable it to build from Duluth to Pudget Sound. Jay Cooke, a Philidelphia banker, was commissioned to sell bonds. 1866— Joe Belland, a loner, hunter and trapper, VILS Ft. TOTTENS LAKE t*t> *Q WASHINGTON $J LAKE Mj 9 MILE LAKE ^GRASSHOPPER The route between Jamestown and Fort Totten in the late 1870s. T. SEWARD (JAMESTOWN) Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.
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