| Summary: | And Early Explorations 6H3 Minot: Opened October 1, 1891; closed May 7. 1922. (Consolidated with Bismarck.) Dickinson: Opened July 1, 1904; closed February 28, 1925. (Consolidated with Bismarck.) Williston: Opened August 1, 1906; closed June 30, 1922. (Consolidated with Bismarck.) The land office at Lemmon, which is situated on the boundary line between the states of North and South Dakota, embraced lands in both states, was opened August 1, 1908, and closed June 30, 1922, the business and records being transferred to Pierre, South Dakota. Early Land Surveys Surveyor Joseph Blanding surveyed 18 townships of government lands along the Red River north of Wahpeton in 1867. Other earliest surveys in the state were a few townships in Pembina county between the Red River and the Pembina Mountains. A narrow strip along the Red River between Grafton and Wahpeton. A few townships between Valley City and Fort Ransom and Dead Colt Plillock and east of Fort Abercrombie. Most of Stutsman county and six townships in the Bismarck vicinity. Other early land surveyors were Alex. Anderson, G. G. Peardsley, Wm. 11. II. Beadle, R. F. Pettigrew, E. M. Brown, S. V. Cievenger, Chas. II. Bates, Geo. M. Dike, Melville Davis, T. G. Majors, Scott & Sturtevant, and M. K. Armstrong. On December 19, 1870, Joseph Rolette made his commuted homestead final proof, the first in North Dakota. On this same date, Chas. Cavalier made a pre-emption filing, this was the first pre-emption filed on in North Dakota. Jud LaMoure and his father-in-law, N. E. Nelson, also made pre-emption filings on this same date. Mr. Nelson was the first one to make a preemption final proof in North Dakota. The first transfer of land title in North Dakota was at Pembina when Joseph Rolette deeded the site of the old Hudson Bay Lost and old Fort Paubna, built by Chaboillex in 1797, to James J. Hill for a bonded warehouse to be used in connection with the transportation business of Hill, Griggs & Co. about five acres of land. The pre-emption law was passed September 4, 1841, the tim- Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.
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