North Dakota Statehood

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5850 A25 NORTH DАКОТА DAK BISMARCH FEB 21 1989 585025 North Dakota 1889 ND

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NORTH DAKOTA STATEHOOD First Day of Issue: February 21, 1989 First Issue Location: Bismarck, North Dakota North Dakota is situated exactly in the middle of North America. It is bounded on the north by Canada, on the south by South Dakota, on the west by Montana, and on the east by the Red River of the North, which separates it from Minnesota. As far as anyone knows, the first white man to set foot in North Dakota was Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, a French explorer and fur trader who entered the area in 1738 seeking a water route to the Pacific Ocean. In 1797, Charles Chaboillez established a fur trading post in North Dakota for the North West Com- pany. In 1801, the Hudson's Bay and XY companies also opened posts there. Uprisings discouraged settlers for a time, but gold-seekers, the extension of the railroad, and fertile land eventually brought settlement to the Flicker- tail State. The area went through numerous territorial changes in its evolution toward statehood. The region was part of eight different territories before it was admit- ted to the United States as North Dakota, the thirty-ninth state of the Union, on November 2, 1889. No. 89-4 Оy ©1989 The Maximum Card Collection A Division of Unicover Corporation • Cheyenne, WY 82008-0007 Original painting by Ed Little