home : browse : advanced search : preferences : my favorites : about : help  login   add to favorites : reference url back to results : previous : next
	Seventh Cavalry re-enactors ride past Fort McKeen at Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park, Mandan, N.D. Title Seventh Cavalry re-enactors ride past Fort McKeen at Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park, Mandan, N.D. Date of Original 197-? Description Men on horseback portraying members of the Seventh Cavalry ride past the blockhouse at Fort McKeen at Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park in Mandan. Ordering Information http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html General Subject Military People Animals Parks and forests Subject (LCTGM) Blockhouses Cavalry Horses Horseback riding Historical reenactments Flags Organization Name United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th. Location Mandan (N.D.) Fort Abraham Lincoln (N.D.) Decade 1970-1979 Item Number 2012-P-061-0003 Transcription "Fort Lincoln State Park is home to an infantry post, Fort McKeen, and a cavalry post, Fort Lincoln. The blockhouses of Fort McKeen have been reconstructed and are accessible to the public. You may climb a ladder stairway inside the blockhouses to the fenced roof and view the surrounding territory as the infantry may have done. Fort Lincoln was the headquarters of Lt. Col. George Custer and the Seventh Cavalry and was built to protect engineers and workers for the railroad. The original sites of both forts are marked. The park contains a museum and interpretive center"--Typewritten on label affixed to back of photograph. Notes Photographer unknown. Title created by staff. Repository Institution State Historical Society of North Dakota Repository Collection Joseph A. Satrom Photograph Collection 2012-P-061 Credit Line State Historical Society of North Dakota (2012-P-061-0003) Rights Management Copyright status unknown. Digital ID sh2012P0610003
	add to favorites : reference url back to results : previous : next powered by CONTENTdm ® | contact us  ^ to top ^