Bismarck, city and capital of North Dakota, seat of Burleigh County, and a port on the Missouri River, in the south central part of the state. It is a trade center for grain and livestock, and industries producing farm machinery, processed food, printed materials, and steel products are located in Bismarck. Points of interest include the State Capitol, a skyscraper completed in 1932, the Governor's Mansion (1884), and the North Dakota Heritage Center, containing the state's major museum and exhibits of Great Plains history. On the opposite shore of the Missouri is Fort Lincoln State Park, the site of a former military post, which was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer, who was later killed in the Battle of the Little Bighorn (1876). South of Bismarck is the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, where Hunkapapa Sioux leader Sitting Bull was killed on December 15, 1890. He was buried at Fort Yates; there is some dispute about whether his remains are still there. The city is the seat of the University of Mary (1955), a junior college, and a school of music. Located at a river-fording spot long used by Native Americans, the community was settled by whites in 1872, when Camp Hancock was built to protect crews constructing the Northern Pacific Railway. When the track reached the Missouri the next year, the Northern Pacific named the community for the German chancellor Prince Otto von Bismarck in the hope of enticing German investment in the railroad. Following the discovery in 1874 of gold in the nearby Black Hills, Bismarck developed into an important outfitting and transportation center for miners. It was incorporated in 1875. In 1883 the city became the capital of the Dakota Territory, and when the territory was divided into two states in 1889, Bismarck was made the seat of government of North Dakota.