Theme: dakota_territory_settlement
13 sources.
- undated — F. Jay Haynes, official photographer, Northern Pacific RailroadNorthern Pacific Railroad depot on the Dakota prairie (F. Jay Haynes, Fargo, D.T.)
An F. Jay Haynes photograph of a **Northern Pacific Railroad depot / shop building** standing alone on the open Dakota prairie, track running across the foregro…
- 1882 — Historic photograph — St. James Catholic Church and Rectory, JamestownSt. James Catholic Church and Rectory, Jamestown, Dakota Territory, c.1882
Historic photograph of **St. James Catholic Church and its rectory at Jamestown, Dakota Territory, c.1882** — a brick Gothic-Revival church beside a frame recto…
- 1883 — Bird's-eye-view lithograph: "Birds Eye View of Jamestown, Dak., Stutsman County, 1883"1883 bird's-eye-view lithograph of Jamestown, Dakota Territory
A classic late-19th-c. panoramic "bird's-eye view" lithograph of **Jamestown, Dakota Territory, 1883** — the grid of streets along the James River, with a numbe…
- 1883 — Stutsman County Memorial Museum (F. Jay Haynes stereoview)Northern Pacific locomotive and crew in winter, c.1883 (F. Jay Haynes stereoview)
An F. Jay Haynes **stereoview** (paired images) of a Northern Pacific Railway locomotive halted on snow-covered track with a group of men/crew standing on and a…
- 1883-03-23 — Jamestown Weekly Alert, p.3
A short news brief reporting that "the Rawhide Butte copper mines employ 100 men, and [it] promises to be valuable," followed by an unrelated brief about a new …
- 1884-11-04 — North Dakota, U.S., Naturalizations, 1873-1952 — Stutsman County Volume 2Declaration of Intent — Patrick Murphy, native of Ireland, b. 1858, arr. NY March 1882; filed Jamestown ND 4 Nov 1884
Patrick Murphy's **Declaration of Intent** ("first papers") filed 4 November 1884 at the District Court of Stutsman County, Dakota Territory (= Jamestown ND are…
- 1885 — Stutsman County Memorial MuseumFifth Avenue, Jamestown, Dakota Territory, early 1880s — street procession
A mounted early-1880s photograph of **Fifth Avenue, Jamestown, Dakota Territory**, showing a busy commercial street with a procession/gathering of people and wa…
- 1885-04-09 — Jamestown Weekly Alert, p.1
Stub record — front-page Jamestown Weekly Alert item about a **Kelleher** described as a quarrelsome Jamestown city councilmember (Thu 9 Apr 1885). Surname Kell…
- 1885-06-01 — Dakota Territory 1885 Census Index (NDSU Archives - Databases)1885 Dakota Territory Census Index — 5 Patrick Murphys; entry 3 (Jamestown bartender, ED 44-011-15) is user's ancestor
Screen-capture of the NDSU Archives "Dakota Territory 1885 Census Index" search results for "Murphy, Patrick". Five results: 1. Patrick Murphy, age 1/12 (infan…
- 1885-06-01 — Composite — 1885 Dakota Territory State Census (Stutsman County, Jamestown) + 1884 Patrick Murphy Declaration of Intent1885 Dakota Territory Census (Jamestown) + 1884 Patrick Murphy Declaration of Intent (composite PDF)
Five-page composite PDF the user assembled: - **Pages 1-2**: Schedule I — Inhabitants in Jamestown, Stutsman County, Dakota Territory, enumerated 1 June 1…
- 1885-10-22 — Jamestown Weekly Alert, p.6
An editorial brief in the Jamestown (Dakota Territory) Weekly Alert quoting the London Times to the effect that the government of Ireland "has passed or is rapi…
- 1885-10-29 — Jamestown Weekly Alert, p.6
A mining-news brief: Col. C. A. Broadwater of Helena asserts the Montana mines are "looking up," the success of the Butte mines in particular spurring more pros…
- 1886-01-14 — Jamestown Weekly Alert, p.5
A brief, credited to the Bismarck Tribune, reporting that east-bound trains carried miners leaving Butte "with barely enough money to return to their friends in…