Viewing William E. Lass: "The First Attempt to Organize Dakota Territory." (1991)William E. Lass: "The First Attempt to Organize Dakota Territory." (1991)On May 27, 1857, the Dakota Land Company was incorporated in St. Paul by nine politically-connected investors, including Charles E. Flandrau, who was being considered for a position on the Minnesota Territorial Supreme Court. This article recounts the extraordinary story of how the Dakota Land Company schemed--and ultimately failed--to seize economic and political control of the vast lands west of Minnesota that now comprise much of South Dakota.
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