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and Mounts Rosalie and Evans. On the west 

 side of the Parks is the Park Range, in the 

 highest group of which Mount Lincoln and 

 Quandary Peak rise to about 14,200 feet. 

 From the summit of Mount Lincoln the eye 

 sweeps over a wilderness of high peaks, which 

 can be equaled nowhere except in the Andes 

 or the Himalayas. Two hundred peaks of 

 nearly 13,000 feet, and about twenty-five rising 

 to 14,000 feet and upward, are simultaneously 

 comprised within the scope of vision." 



DAKOTA. This Territory embraces an area 

 of 150,932 square miles, lying between lati- 

 tude 42 30' and 49 north, having an average 

 length, north and south, of about 450 miles, 

 and a breadth, east and west, ot about 350 

 miles. Most of the Territory west and south 

 of the Missouri River is unorganized. The 

 remainder is divided into eighty-three coun- 

 ties. The only considerable town is Yank- 

 ton, the capital, situated in the southeast cor- 

 ner of the Territory, on the Missouri River, 

 and having a population in 1870 of 737. The 

 Territorial government is as follows: Gov- 

 ernor, John L. Pennington ; Secretary, Oscar 

 Whitney; Chief-Justice, Peter C. Shannon; 

 Associate Justices, J. P. Kidder and A. H. 

 Barnes; District Attorney, William Pound; 

 Surveyor-General, W. Pitt Dewey; Marshal, 

 J. H. Burdick ; Collector of Internal Revenue, 

 G. P. Beunett; Treasurer, G. C. Maynnrd; 

 Auditor, T. J. Sloan ; Superintendent of Pub- 

 lic Schools, E. W. Miller. 



In 1870 the population was 14,181, who are 

 chiefly engaged in agriculture. The tribal 

 Indians number about 29,000. Manufacturing 

 industry is not yet developed ; but there is 

 abundant water-power, which, with the advan- 

 tages for sheep-farming, will greatly facilitate 

 the development of woolen manufactures. 

 The total length of completed railroads in the 

 Territory is 255 miles. The Northern Pacific 

 Railroad, from Duluth, Minnesota, at the head 

 of Lake Superior, to Puget's Sound, Washing- 

 ton Territory, is to cross the north Central 

 portion of Dakota. In July, 1873, it was in 

 operation to the Missouri River, in Central 

 Dakato, and its extension was in rapid progress ; 

 the Dakota Southern Railway connects Sioux 

 City, Iowa, and Ynnkton, sixty-one miles. 

 The Dakota & North western, from Yankton 

 northwest to the Big-Cheyenne River (con- 

 structed and operated from Sioux City to 

 Ynnhton, by the Dakota Southern Company); 

 the Dakota Central, from Yankton north to a 

 connection with the Northern Pacific, about 

 280 miles, and other lines are projected. 



DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. In 1871 a territo- 

 rial form of government was provided by Con- 

 gress for the District of Columbia, which was 



constituted a body corporate, with the execu- 

 tive power vested in a Governor and Secretary 

 appointed by the President of the United 

 States, with the advice and consent of the Sen- 

 ate, for four years : and in a Controller, Collec- 

 tor Auditor, Treasurer, Attorney, Registrar, Su- 

 perintendent of Assessments and Taxes, Water 

 Registrar and Survey, appointed by local au- 

 thority. The Legislature consists of a Council 

 of eleven members, who are appointed by the 

 President, with the advice and consent of the 

 Senate, and hold office for two years ; and a 

 House of twenty-two delegates elected annually 

 by the people. The Governor is vested with 

 the veto-power, but a bill may be passed over 

 such veto by a two-thirds vote of each House. 

 The Supreme Court consists of a chief and four 

 associate justices, who receive their appoint- 

 ment from the President. 



The District of Columbia embraces an area 

 of sixty-four square miles, and is ten miles long 

 from northwest to southeast. The population 

 in 1870 was 131,700. The assessed value of 

 real estate for the fiscal year ending June 30, 

 1873, was $87,869,924 ; the valuation of W T ash- 

 ton City was $72,880,380; of Georgetown, 

 $6,366,488; of the county of Washington, 

 $8,623,056. The estimated valuation for the 

 year ending June 30, 1874, was $95,500,000. 

 Personal property is not now assessed, but 

 the Controller, in his report of April 28, 1873, 

 estimates the actual value of all property, in- 

 cluding that of the Federal Government, at 

 $200,000,000. 



On the 10th of September II. D. Cooke ten- 

 dered his resignation as Governor of the Terri- 

 tory, which was accepted two days later by 

 President Grant, who appointed to the office 

 Alexander R. Shepherd. The present Govern- 

 ment was appointed by President Grant, and 

 is Republican. The other officers are : Secre- 

 tary, Richard Harrington; Board of Public 

 Works, Alexander R. Shepherd, President ; 

 Henry A. Willard, Vice-President; James A. 

 Magruder, Treasurer ; Adolph Clnss and John 

 B. Blake. 



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IDAHO. The present Territorial government 

 is as follows: Governor, Thomas W. Bennett; 

 Secretary, E. J. Curtis; Surveyor-General, 

 L. F. Carter; District Attorney, J. W. Huston ; 

 Chief-Justice, David Noggle; Associate Jus- 

 tices, M. E. Hollister and W. C. Whitson; 

 Marshal, Joseph Pinkham ; Superintendent of 

 Public Instruction, Joseph Perrault. 



