History of Bismarck, North Dakota Dakota. Some Bismarck citizens raided Jamestown for the state records. After the state records were back in Bismarck, construction of the capitol was completed in 1884, and talk of moving the capital city of North Dakota to Jamestown stopped. The first hospital for the Dakota Territory, Saint Alexius, was founded in 1885. Like most of the country, the 1890s were hard times for North Dakota. The Panic of 1893 was the nation's worst economic hardship to that point, and North Dakota's strong agriculture-based economy was directly affected. To make things worse, Bismarck was struck by a severe fire in August
North Dakota Office of State Tax Commissioner North Dakota Office of State Tax Commissioner The Office of State Tax Commissioner is a North Dakota state government agency responsible for licensing: and for taxing: Responsibility for licensing alcoholic beverage retail businesses lies with the state Attorney General. The current commissioner is Ryan Rauschenberger, who was appointed by Governor Jack Dalrymple in 2013 after the resignation of Cory Fong. The office has been used as a pathway to larger roles in North Dakota government; recent Tax Commissioners have run for Governor, Attorney General, and the U.S. House. Former U.S. Senators Byron Dorgan, Kent Conrad, and incumbent Heidi Heitkamp all