“ The city controls a very extensive river trade, the principal articles of commerce being coal, with which the surrounding region is underlaid, grain, hides, etc. The industrial establishments include grain-elevators, a large flouring-mill, etc. Lewis and Clark spent the winter of 1804-05 on or near the site of Bismarck, which was permanently settled in 1873 and incorporated shortly afterwards. In 1883 it was made the capital of Dakota Territory, and in 1889 was chosen as the State capital of North Dakota. ”