Dakota Territory

American  

noun

1. a territory in the N central U.S., from 1861 to 1868 comprising present-day North Dakota and South Dakota, and parts of Montana and Wyoming.

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Dakota Territory

After leaving his newborn daughter in the care of his sister Bamie, a grief-stricken Roosevelt fled to his cattle ranch in the Dakota Territory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025

Theodore Roosevelt, for example, left his infant daughter Alice with his sister and escaped to a ranch in the Dakota Territory after his mother and wife both died on Valentine’s Day 1884.

From Slate ● Jul. 4, 2022

The 19th century scientist traveled from the Dakota Territory to Brazil in order to collect specimens.

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2021

The show, which is regarded by Milch, and by many critics, as his best work, was set in the Dakota Territory in the eighteen-seventies.

From The New Yorker ● May 20, 2019

In fact, looking back on it, Roosevelt believed that he never would have become president of the United States if it hadn’t been for his experiences in the Dakota Territory.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple