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North Dakota and South Dakota Atlas of Historical
County Boundaries
John H. Long,
Editor; Peggy Tuck Sinko, Associate Editor; Peggy Tuck Sinko and Deborah Skok,
Historical Compilers; Emily Kelley, Research Associate; Laura Rico-Beck, GIS Specialist
and Digital Compiler; Peter Siczewicz, ArcIMS Interactive Map Designer; Robert
Will, Cartographic Assistant
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C. F. Cooper & Company, 1909.
History of Tripp County, South
Dakota.
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E., comp. Check-List of
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this guide lists all state session laws through 1935.
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E., comp. Check-List of
Statutes of States of the United States of America, Including Revisions,
Compilations, Digests, Codes and Indexes. Providence, R.I.: Oxford Press, 1937. The
most complete guide to state codes through 1937.
Marshall County
Historical Society. Marshall
County, South Dakota. Britton, S. Dak.: The Society, 1979.
Mellette County, South Dakota,
1911–1961. White River, S. Dak.: Mellette County Centennial Committee, 1961.
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of State, 1995. Contains brief histories of counties and information on dates
of organization.
North Dakota
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interstate boundary disputes.
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Dakota, From Its Organization to the Present Time. N.p., 1908.
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Association of State Libraries, 1941. Fills gaps in MacDonald’s 1936
compilation (above) to produce the most complete list of state session laws
through 1935.
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Twelfth Session of the Legislative Assembly, and All Other General Laws
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Cited as Rev. Codes Dak. 1877.
Revised Statutes of the Territory of
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authority in its field; state maps detail all Indian land-cession treaties with
the federal government.
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W. “Fort Randall.” Collections
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South Dakota. South Dakota Revised Code 1919. 2 vols. Pierre:
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South Dakota’s Ziebach County:
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Richard W., comp. Land
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maps listed here have been reproduced on microfiche by the Library of Congress.
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and Ruth Stilgebouer. Gettysburg,
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F., ed. Sources and
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Publications, 1973–1979. The most complete and up-to-date compilation for the
states.
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States.
Vols. 1–26 edited by Clarence E. Carter; vols. 27–28 edited by John P. Bloom.
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U.S.
Thorndale,
William, and William Dollarhide. Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790–1920. Baltimore:
Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987. An atlas of well-designed county outline
maps for each state, accompanied by a bibliography and an explanation of
methodology.
Tidball, Rose, ed.
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Dak.: Rose Tidball, 1979.
Trenholm, Virginia
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3 vols. Cheyenne: Wyoming State Archives and Historical Department, 1974.
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Franklin K. Boundaries
of the United States and the Several States. Geological Survey Professional Paper
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compilation for its subject.
Whitehead, James
R. Compiled Laws of
Wyoming, Including All the Laws in Force in Said Territory at the Close of the
Fourth Session of the Legislative Assembly of Said Territory, Together with
Such Laws of the United States as are Applicable to Said Territory. Also the
Treaties Made with the Sioux and Shoshone Tribes of Indians in the Year 1868;
with a Synopsis of the Pre-emption, Homestead and Mining Laws of the United
States.
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Williams, Mary Ann
Barnes. Pioneer Days of
Washburn, North Dakota and Vicinity. Washburn, N. Dak.: Washburn Leader,
1936.
Williams County Historical Society. Wonder
of Williams: A History of Williams County, North Dakota. 2 vols. N.p.: The
Society, 1975.
Wisconsin
Territory. Laws of the
Territory of Wisconsin. Belmont and Milwaukee, 1836–1848. Cited as Wis. Terr.
Laws.
Within These Borders: McCook County
From Its Beginning to the Present Day. McCook County, S. Dak., 1976.
Woods, Ellen, and
Euvagh Wenzel. Emmons
County History: Compiled for the Bicentennial, 1976. Linton, N. Dak.:
Emmons County Historical Society, 1976.