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| Title | Fort Abercrombie, North Dakota, 1863. |
| Date of Original | between 1900 and 1920 |
| Description | Postcard sketch of Fort Abercrombie in 1863. The sketch views the fort from a downward angle with a wagon and a tipi in the foreground. |
| Ordering Information | http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html |
| General Subject | City & Town Life
Historic sites
Indians of North America
Military
Pioneer Era
Historic sites
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Military facilities
Tipis
Buildings
Carts & wagons
Forts & fortifications
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| Organization Name | United States. Army
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| Location | Fort Abercrombie (Abercrombie, N.D.)
Dakota Territory
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| Decade | 1900-1909
1910-1919
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| Item Number | A0363-1 |
| Format of Original | Postcards
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| Transcription | "Fort Abercrombie, North Dakota, 1863"--Printed on front of postcard. |
| Notes | Artist unknown. |
| Biography/History | The date of the sketch is circa 1863, however the postcard dates to after 1889. Fort Abercrombie was the first fort in the Dakota Territory, built in 1857, dismantled the next year, and reconstructed in 1860. |
| Bibliographic Reference | Wick, Douglas A. North Dakota Place Names. Sweetgrass Communications, Bismarck, ND: 1989. 65. |
| External Resource | http://history.nd.gov/historicsites/abercrombie/index.html |
| Repository Institution | State Historical Society of North Dakota
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| Repository Collection | State Historical Society of North Dakota Photograph Collection A
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| Credit Line | State Historical Society of North Dakota (A0363-1) |
| Rights Management | Copyright status unknown. |
| Digital ID | shA0363-1 |
