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Jump Back in Time 鍍金時代   (1878-1889)
 
A photo of Deadwood, South Dakota, 1900
南達科達的枯木市 (Deadwood) 在1900年代時因為發現金礦而湧入大批人潮南達科達的枯木市 (Deadwood) 在1900年代時因為發現金礦而湧入大批人潮
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北達科達 (North Dakota) 與南達科達 (South Dakota) 於1889112日加入聯邦了

和其他獵人不一樣,這些探險者一直要到美國在1803年的路易西安那購買案中擁有這片領土的所有權之後,才真正深入當地進行探險。路易士和克拉克遠征隊在1804年花了一整個冬天待在現在的北達科達。一直到了1832年蒸汽船的出現,以及1862年的公地放領法案之後,才有一些人移居到這個地方,但是開墾者與原住民之間的緊張關係卻使得更多人不願意到這裡開墾。一直要到1874年在這裡發現金礦之後,人潮才開始湧到這片蘇族原住民認為是聖地的黑山 (Black Hills) 保留地。麻煩也因此跟著來了!


Other than fur trappers, explorers didn't venture much into the Dakotas until the land came under the possession of the United States with the 1803 Louisiana Purchase. The Lewis and Clark expedition spent the winter in present-day North Dakota in 1804. With the 1832 arrival of the steamboat and the 1862 creation of the Homestead Act, a few people migrated to the area, but tension between the settlers and the Sioux discouraged many. It was the 1874 discovery of gold that brought prospectors pouring into the sacred Black Hills of the Sioux Reservation. That meant trouble.
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