George T. Inkster was a Canadian

Canada

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-born American

United States

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 pioneer

Settler

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 in the Red River Valley

Red River Valley

The Red River Valley is a region in central North America that is drained by the Red River of the North. It is significant in the geography of North Dakota, Minnesota, and Manitoba for its relatively fertile lands and the population centers of Fargo, Moorhead, Grand Forks, and Winnipeg...

 of what's now North Dakota

North Dakota

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, and a participant in the Klondike Gold Rush

Klondike Gold Rush

The Klondike Gold Rush, also called the Yukon Gold Rush, the Alaska Gold Rush and the Last Great Gold Rush, was an attempt by an estimated 100,000 people to travel to the Klondike region the Yukon in north-western Canada between 1897 and 1899 in the hope of successfully prospecting for gold...

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Inkster was born in West Kildonan, Manitoba, Canada, and worked as a trader for the Hudson's Bay Company

Hudson's Bay Company

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. He moved to the Dakota Territory

Dakota Territory

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 of the United States in 1878, and was the first white settler in what was to become Inkster, North Dakota

Inkster, North Dakota

As of the census of 2000, there were 102 people, 45 households, and 28 families residing in the city. The population density was 102.5 people per square mile . There were 55 housing units at an average density of 55.3 per square mile...

, building a log cabin

Log cabin

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 on squatted

Squatting

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 land. He moved to what's now Towner County, North Dakota

Towner County, North Dakota

-National protected areas:*Brumba National Wildlife Refuge*Lake Alice National Wildlife Refuge *Rock Lake National Wildlife Refuge*Snyder Lake National Wildlife Refuge-Demographics:...

 in 1882 to farm, and married Caroline Chercote in 1895. He went to Yukon

Yukon

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, Canada in 1897 to join the Klondike Gold Rush, but later returned to Towner

Towner, North Dakota

As of the census of 2000, there were 574 people, 295 households, and 158 families residing in the city. The population density was 694.0 people per square mile . There were 335 housing units at an average density of 405.0 per square mile . The racial makeup of the city was 97.91% White, 0.35%...

, where he died in 1901.