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34 Cards in this Set
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Northern Pacific Railroad Company
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Built a rail road along the northern route. They were given the largest grant ever given to a rail road.
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Jay Cooke and Company
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The company hired to sell Northern Pacific bonds.
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branch lines
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these were built to serve communities not on the mail line track.
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James J. Hill
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A Canadian Immigrant who saw the need for a transportation system and became involved in the Great Northern Pacific Railroad. He took over the bankrupt St. Paul and Pacific railroad.
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Manitoba
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The nick name for the railroad called St Paul, Minnesota, and Manitoba.
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Farmers Grain and Shipping Company
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The company built a railroad and because of the name, many people thought it was owned by farmers. But really James J. Hill owned controlled the stock.
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Midland Continental Railroad
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Had a big plan to build a railroad from Canada to Texas. But it only completed tracks from Edgeley to Wimbledon.
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Soo Line
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Railroad built in 1870s to supply the Dakota Prairie goods from Minneapolis and deliver spring wheat to Minnesota Mills.
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Transcontinental
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Railroad line going from one side of the continent to the other.
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Milwaukee Road
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A railroad line from Fargo to Edgeley.
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Wamduska
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A town that was supposed to become a metropolis but it never happened. Located 12 miles south of Lakota.
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Panic of 73
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When Jay Cooke and Company went bankrupt and set off a depression.
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Spring Wheat
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The kind of wheat that could be grown in the northern climate. Planted in the spring and harvested in the fall. Initially sold at a lower price because it was yellowish in color due to bran and was more difficult to mill.
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Minnesota patent
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A milling process that produced flour from spring wheat was even better than the flour from winter wheat.
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securities
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bonds or preferred stocks
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James B. Power
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A land agent who warned that land would be sold to speculators rather than settlers.
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Bonanza
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This word implies big fortune or hitting it lucky. It was applied Northern Pacific land that that was used as t farms that were supposed to make a huge profit.
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Grandin Brothers' farm
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A huge farm near Mayville that even had its own steamboat for hauling grain on the Red River. (26,000 ares)
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Antelope farm
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17,300 acre farm in Richland County
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Oliver Dalrymple
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Hired by Northern Pacific Railroad to manage their farming operations. Came to be know as the "Wheat King".
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divisions
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The farm was divided into 5,000 acres or less sections and a superintendent handled the operations.
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headquarters
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Set the schedules and oversaw the operations of the divisions.
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binders
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A machine that cut wheat and tied it into bundles.
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shockers
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Took 8 to 12 bundles and stacked them into shocks.
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threshing
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separating the wheat kernels from the stalks
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Theodore Roosevelt
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President who came to hunt in the Badlands in 1883, when he was 25. His adventures (chasing thieves, cattle dives, hunting) became well know in North Dakota
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Custer Trail Cattle Company
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Huidekoper and Eaton formed this company. They bought up Railroad land and raised cattle. This company had one of the finest herds in the country.
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Maltese Cross Ranch
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The ranch that Theodore Roosevelt bought.
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Marquis de More's
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A french man who built a packing plant in Medora.
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Bell Telephone Company
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Brought phones to cities.
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Medora Von Hoffman
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Daughter of a New York baner who married Marquis de More's. Medora was named after her.
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Why did bonanza farms begin to disappear in the late 1890's?
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A blizzard killed large numbers of cattle.
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Why was the telephone so important in North Dakota?
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1. Helped with isolation
2. Help families and communities together. |
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Why was wheat so important to the settlement of North Dakota?
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It created interested in the future of Dakota.
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