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editor — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000

North Dakota chronology 1492 Spanish Crown claims present-day North Dakota. 1682 The explorer Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle, claims all land drained by the Mississippi, as well as its tributaries, for France. 1743 French Canadian explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, Sieur de La Verendrye, claims the Dakotas for France as part of the Greater Louisiana. 1750s Spanish horses reach present-day North Dakota. 1763 French possessions west of the Mississippi are ceded to Spain. 1785 Esteban Rodriguez, Governor of Louisiana, takes inventory of Spanish possessions. 1789 Hunters Juan Munier and Joseph Garreau were the first Spaniards to explore the

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North Dakota Map Tourist Attractions

editor — Sat, 11 Jun 2016 13:00:00 +0000

North Dakota cultural contributions As testimony to the Latino history of the state, there are many Spanish place names in North Dakota, including Alamo (poplar, aspen, or wood), Arena (sand), Fonda (inn), Grano (grain), and Loma (hill). Some of these names, such as Flora and Fortuna, may have been taken directly from Latin. Names such as Emerado and Mantador seem to be corrupted Spanish forms of esmerado and matador. The name Medina, Arabic for town, is a common city name in the Spanish world. Juanita is a Spanish surname, and Havana is the English form of the Spanish Habana, the

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