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 43 14, ND 43 again passes through a small section of Turtle Mountain State Forest. east of the state forest, the highway enters Rolette County. ND 43 travels on a straight east–west course for in Rolette County before it comes to its eastern terminus at U.S. Highway 281 (US 281) and ND 3, which run concurrently. The terminus is about of the Canadian border and the International Peace Garden, and about north of Dunseith, North Dakota. North Dakota Highway 43 North Dakota Highway 43 (ND 43) is a state highway located in extreme north-central North Dakota. It is about long and