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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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In the Dakota Territory, the future president regained his physical strength and emotional equilibrium, while he deepened his rapport with ordinary Americans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

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

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2021

The legendary gunfighter resumes romance with Calamity Jane, faces an upstart and copes with his past in late-1800s Dakota Territory.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2019

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

As a former deputy sheriff in the wild Badlands of the Dakota Territory, Roosevelt, however, believed that killing Julio was justified.

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

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