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Book Title: Doane Robinson's Encyclopedia Of South Dakota

  Aberdeen Convention. Aberdeen, being located not far from the 46th parallel of
North latitude (the proposed line of division) was not enthusiastic for the
division of Dakota Territory, having a latent hope that should the territory
come in as one state, she might be made the capital. After the disappointments
following the constitutional conventions of 1883 and 1885, some citizens feeling
that it was better to get statehood without division rather than to wait
indefinitely for admission, called a convention of those favorable to one state,
which met at Aberdeen in December, 1887 and adopted resolutions praying Congress
for immediate admission without division. The convention met with the strong
disapproval of a majority of the people in the southern portion of the territory
and nothing came of it. But at the time the "one state convention" was deemed of
great moment.

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DOANE ROBINSON'S
Encyclopedia of South Dakota
FIRST EDITION

Published by the Author
PIERRE
1925

COPYRIGHT BY DOANE ROBINSON. 1925

WILL A. BEACH PRINTING COMPANY
PRINTERS AND BINDERS
SIOUX FALLS



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