In February 1872 the Senate Committee on Territories reviewed a bill to create the Pembina Territory with the capital at Bismarck, and Dakota (present-day South Dakota) with Yankton as the capital. A final solution was found on November 2, 1889, when both North and South Dakota became separate states. Gallery See also Treaty of Old Crossing Red River ox carts References Pre-statehood history of North Dakota Pre-statehood history of Minnesota Pre-statehood history of South Dakota Rupert's Land