Bismarck, Dakota Territory, 1883 – Antique Wall Map
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Bismarck, Dakota Territory, 1883, an antique map rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: View of the city of Bismarck, Dak. Capital of Dakota and county-seat of Burleigh-County 1883
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Bismarck, Dakota Territory, 1883
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Bismarck in 1883 was a young railroad town on the east bank of the Missouri River in Dakota Territory. The Northern Pacific Railway had reached the site in 1872, and the town grew around its depot and steamboat landing, drawing merchants, freighters, and settlers headed west. The name honored the German statesman Otto von Bismarck, chosen to encourage German immigrants to settle the region. That same year the territory moved its capital to Bismarck from Yankton, which brought new offices and a rivalry with older towns. Fort Abraham Lincoln, a few miles south, was the post from which George Armstrong Custer rode in 1876, so residents knew the town as a gateway to the plains and the railroad.
| Created / published | 1883 |
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| Creator | beck & pauli, stoner, j. j. |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Bismarck, Dakota Territory, drawn in 1883. Bird's-eye view maps were drawn by travelling artists who walked a town street by street, sketching every building from an imagined vantage point in the air, then sold the finished lithograph door to door by subscription. Roughly five thousand American towns were recorded this way between the 1860s and the 1920s, and for many of them the panoramic map is the most complete picture of the place that survives. Reproduced from the original in the Library of Congress collections. Printed to order on archival paper. Free shipping on all US orders. |
| Subjects | Panoramic maps--Dakota Territory |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 8,256 × 4,992 px · prints to 28 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | View of the city of Bismarck, Dak. Capital of Dakota and county-seat of Burleigh-County 1883 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488195 |
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