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	Nettle bed and agency buildings, Fort Totten, N.D. Title Nettle bed and agency buildings, Fort Totten, N.D. Date of Original between 1890 and 1920 Description A nettle bed in the foreground with the Fort Totten agency buildings surrounded by trees in the background. Ordering Information http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html General Subject Historic sites Subject (LCTGM) Indian reservations Buildings Government facilities Subject (LCSH) Indians of North America - Agriculture Indians of North America - Government relations Organization Name United States. Army United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Fort Totten Agency Location Fort Totten Indian Reservation (N.D.) Fort Totten (Fort Totten, N.D.) Decade 1890-1899 1900-1909 1910-1919 Item Number A2438 Format of Original Photographic prints Transcription "Nettle bed Ft. Totten used in corn germination."--Handwritten on back of photograph. Notes Photographer unknown. Title created by staff. Biography/History This nettle bed was just outside the fort proper. Fort Totten was established in 1867 and closed in 1890. At that point the buildings were handed over to the Department of the Interior and used as an Indian school. Bibliographic Reference Wick, Douglas A. North Dakota Place Names. Sweetgrass Communications, Bismarck, ND: 1989. 69. External Resource http://history.nd.gov/historicsites/totten/index.html Repository Institution State Historical Society of North Dakota Repository Collection State Historical Society of North Dakota Photograph Collection A Credit Line State Historical Society of North Dakota (A2438) Rights Management Copyright status unknown. Digital ID shA2438
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