History of Bismarck, North Dakota flooding evacuated 1700 citizens in or near the Fox Island and South Port. Much of south Bismarck or south of Bismarck Expressway was flooded or flooding. A similar occurrence also happened in 2011. History of Bismarck, North Dakota Bismarck is the capital of the state of North Dakota, the county seat of Burleigh County, and the second most populous city in North Dakota after Fargo. The city was formed in 1872 as "Edwinton" after Edwin Ferry Johnson, a chief engineer for the Northern Pacific Railway company, when the railroad reached the eastern banks of the Missouri River. The name was
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