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 Highway 22 North Dakota Highway 22 North Dakota Highway 22 is a major north–south state highway in North Dakota. It begins at the South Dakota state line south of the small town of Reeder and ends at Highway 23 west of New Town and north of Mandaree. The route is 154 miles in length and has one concurrency with US Route 12. The highway widely parallels US Route 85 running about fifteen miles east of it. North Dakota Highway 22 begins at the South Dakota state line as a continuation of South Dakota Highway 79. From there it heads north to the