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| Title | Whitestone Battlefield State Historic Site Soldier monument |
| Date of Original | 1962-07-08 |
| Creator | Burkum, Lester, 1912-2001
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| Creator Role | Photographer |
| Description | View of the soldier monument at the Whitestone Battlefield Historic Site in Dickey County, N.D. This monument has a statue of a soldier with a bugle on top. At the base it says "In Memory of Soldiers, of the 6th Iowa and 2nd Nebraska Calvary. Killed on this ground in battle with Sioux Indians. Sept. 3 and 5 1863. Whitestone Battle Field." There are small white gravestones around this monument. |
| General Subject | Historic sites
Statues and monuments
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Monuments & memorials
Monuments
Historic sites
Sculpture
Graves
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
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| Location | Merricourt (N.D.)
Dickey County (N.D.)
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| Decade | 1960-1969
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| Item Number | S-194 |
| Format of Original | Slides
Color images
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| Dimensions of Original | 5 x 5 cm. |
| Transcription | "Whitestone Hill Historic Site, July 8, 1962"--Handwritten on slide.
"In Memory of Soldiers, of the 6th Iowa and 2nd Nebraska Calvary. Killed on this ground in battle with Sioux Indians. Sept. 3 and 5 1863. Whitestone Battle Field"--Carved on the base of the Whitestone Hill Monument in the slide. |
| Biography/History | Today, Whitestone Battlefield State Historic Site includes a portion of the battlefield and a small museum with exhibits explaining the 1863 Sibley and Sully expeditions and the Battle of Whitestone Hill. There are two monuments, one honoring the Indian dead and a second commemorating the soldiers who died in the battle. A marker also recognizes two early settlers, Tom and Mary Shimmin. A fieldstone shelter beside the trail provides a resting point overlooking part of the battlefield and a freshwater lake. Nearby is a picnic area with a shelter, table, horseshoe pits, pit toilets, and a parking lot. The site is open May 16 through September 15, Thursday through Monday. Admission is free, and donations are accepted. |
| Bibliographic Reference | Information found at: http://history.nd.gov/historicsites/whitestone/index.html |
| Repository Institution | Manfred Heritage Museum
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| Repository Collection | Lester Burkum Slide Collection
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| Credit Line | Manfred Heritage Museum, Manfred, N.D. (S-194) |
| Rights Management | Copyright status unknown. |
| Ordering Information | Manfred Heritage Museum
Visit the Manfred History and Preservation, Inc. website: ManfredND.org - go to Guestbook.
Mailing address: Manfred History and Preservation Inc., PO Box 321, Harvey, N.D. 58341
Open May 1- September 30, on Tuesday- Saturday 10am-4pm.
When open, Museum phone number (701) 547-2564.
Manfred project historian, Audrey Solheim, e-mail address, administrator@manfrednd.org
Winter phone numbers that are published in their newsletter for staff who could open the museum on special request are 701-547-3123, 701-324-2091, and Pam Norstedt at 701-324-2027. |
| Grant | NHPRC SNAP Grant 2008-2009, NAR08-RC-10021-08 |
| Digital ID | dmS194 |
