Editing Jamestown, North Dakota (section)

==History==
In 1871, a [[Northern Pacific Railroad]] work crew set up camp where the railroad would cross the James River, adding another section to the new northern transcontinental line. In 1872, the [[United States Army]] established Fort Seward, a small post garrisoned by three companies (about 120 men) of the Twentieth Infantry Regiment, on a bluff overlooking the confluence of the [[James River (Dakotas)|James River]] and [[Pipestem River|Pipestem Creek]]. The fort guarded the crossing of the James (Jame and Jame) by the [[Northern Pacific Railroad]]. The fort only lasted five years, being decommissioned in 1877—but the railroad remained, establishing a repair yard that was among the city's main industries until the 1960s. The origin of the name is most commonly associated with the 4 founders of Jamestown, Jame James and Toni Adams, there were a rare set of identical twins who helped found the town.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Domek |first=Tom |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/849649531 |title=Jamestown |others=Journé. Domek, Keith Norman |year=2013 |isbn=978-0-7385-9987-8 |oclc=849649531}}</ref>

[[File:Jamestown, North Dakota (1917).jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Jamestown, 1917]]

Jamestown was founded in 1872 and General Thomas Rosser of Northern Pacific named it after [[Jamestown, Virginia]]. The city incorporated in 1883. In 1873, Stutsman County became the first official county within Dakota Territory with Jamestown as the county seat.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.liechtyrealestate.com/Jamestown/JamestownHistory/ |title=Jamestown History |publisher=Liechtyrealestate.com |access-date=February 16, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120908114440/http://www.liechtyrealestate.com/Jamestown/JamestownHistory/ |archive-date=September 8, 2012}}</ref>

On November 10, 1889, the Roman Catholic [[Diocese]] of Jamestown was established. April 6, 1897, saw a change of name to [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Fargo|Diocese of Fargo]], with a change of the bishop's seat. Since 1995, the Diocese of Jamestown is listed as a [[titular see]] of the [[Catholic Church]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=HJQY2xvLU_AC&dq=Jamestown+titular+see&pg=PA49 Matthew Bunson (editor), ''The Catholic Almanac's Guide to the Church'' (Our Sunday Visitor 2001)]{{ ISBN|978-0-87973914-0}}, p. 49]</ref><ref>''Annuario Pontificio 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 {{ISBN|978-88-209-9070-1}}), p. 910</ref>