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Mandan, city, seat (1881) of Morton county, south-central North Dakota, U.S. It lies across the Missouri River from Bismarck, the state capital. The Lewis and Clark Expedition passed through the area in 1804–05. The settlement was established in 1873 with the survey for the Northern Pacific Railway and was named for the Mandan, a local Native American tribe. A railroad bridge was built across the river from Bismarck to Mandan in 1883. The community developed...