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.

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

Rogers, Henry D., A. Keith Johnston, and John Murray.

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

Colton, Joseph Hutchins.

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

Johnson, Alvin Jewett.

Mitchell, Samuel Augustus.

All 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.