A huge scandal erupted in 1890s after a private detective revealed massive corrupting in the state legislature ...

The Dakota Territory wasn’t split because of geography—it was split because power and politics made it impossible to stay united. By the 1880s, the north and south were already drifting apart, with ...

One of the people most responsible for bringing travelers and settlers to what is now North Dakota, prior to the coming of the railroad, also was one of the men most public in his support of women's ...

Few are aware of how active vigilantes were in 1880s Dakota Territory. Ron Berget's book, "Montana Stranglers in Dakota Territory," tells a largely forgotten story. Cowboys who worked for the Marquis ...

The wagon train that rolled into the Pierre area on Friday evening began the trip in Yankton because Yankton served as the original capital for Dakota Territory starting in 1861. Territorial ...