Beadle County, named in honor of Brigadier General William Henry Harrison Beadle, was created by the Dakota Territory Legislature in 1879 and formally organized in 1880 with the appointment of three county commissioners by Governor Nehemiah G. Ordway.
On June 2, 1883, Ordway successfully moved the capital of Dakota Territory from Yankton to Bismarck with the assistance of Alexander McKenzie, an agent for the Northern Pacific Railway.
Nehemiah Odhiambo | Nehemiah | Nehemiah Grew | Book of Nehemiah | Renaldo Nehemiah | Nehemiah Persoff | Nehemiah G. Ordway | Nehemiah Abbott | Frederick I. Ordway III |