Beautiful South Dakota was in multiple US territories before it became a state in 1889. #MapMonday

Eastern part of SD was in Iowa Territory 1838–1846.

Morse, Sidney Edwards. Iowa and Wisconsin : Chiefly from the Map of J.N. Nicollet. S.l.: S.n., 1844. RICHARDSON COLLECTION Map 4150 M83 1844

Eastern part of SD was in Minnesota Territory 1849–1858.

Rogers, Henry D., A. Keith Johnston, and John Murray. Territory of Minnesota. Boston: H.D. Rogers, 1857. RICHARDSON COLLECTION Map 4140 H632 1857

Western part of SD was in Nebraska Territory 1854–1861.

Colton, Joseph Hutchins. Nebraska and Kanzas [sic]. New York: J.H. Colton &, 1855. RICHARDSON COLLECTION Map 4130 C722 1855

SD was entirely in Dakota Territory 1861-1889. The original boundaries of Dakota Territory are shown in the first map below. The final boundaries are shown in the second map below.

Johnson, Alvin Jewett. Johnson’s Nebraska, Dakota, Colorado, & Kansas. New York]: Johnson & Ward, 1862. CHILSON COLLECTION G4130 .J6 1862

Mitchell, Samuel Augustus. Territory of Dakota. Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr., 1879. CHILSON COLLECTION G4184 .M66 1879

All of these maps can be viewed at the Archives and Special Collections.

Prior to Iowa Territory, the area that would become South Dakota was Native American land, Louisiana Territory, Missouri Territory, Michigan Territory and Wisconsin Territory.