Mappy Monday: Johnson's Minnesota and Dakota, 1862

Johnson's Minnesota and Dakota. Johnson, A. J., Johnson's New Illustrated (Steel Plate) Family Atlas with Descriptions, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical. A. J. Johnson & Ward, 1862. Public domain. Available from Wikimedia Commons.

This map shows Minnesota and the Dakota Territory in 1862. Just a few years later, in 1866 and 1867, my Boe and Halvorson-Otterholt ancestors left Norway and settled in Dodge County, Minnesota.

Statehood Day, North Dakota and South Dakota

State flag of North Dakota on Public Domain Images

State flag of South Dakota on Public Domain Images

On 2 November 1889, North Dakota and South Dakota became the 39th and 40th states to be admitted to the union.

Members of the Boe family (ancestors and collateral relatives) lived in North Dakota, some for longer than others. My maternal grandfather lived in Williston, Williams County, North Dakota for a few years when he was a boy.