Lost Dakota

Coordinates: 44°28′27″N 111°03′00″W / 44.4740671°N 111.05°W / 44.4740671; -111.05

Lost Dakota is a portion of land that was left over after the division of the Dakota Territory into other states in the late 19th century.[1] About 11 square miles in size, the parcel was located at the tripoint between the modern states of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. The patch of land existed as a remote exclave of Dakota Territory, 360 miles west of the rest of the territory.[2] In 1873, it was transferred to Gallatin County, Montana Territory. Lost Dakota is extremely remote from civilization and completely undeveloped, without a road or even a footpath as of 2010.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Beyond 50: American States That Might Have Been. NPR. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  2. ↑ http://antiqueprintsblog.blogspot.be/2013/06/shaping-trans-mississippi-west-1866-69.html
  3. ↑ Michael J. Trinklein. (2010) Lost States: True Stories of Texlahoma, Transylvania, and Other States That Never Made It. Quirk Books. ISBN 1594744106.
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