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| Title | Train at depot, Arvilla, Dakota Territory |
| Date of Original | 1883 |
| Description | Camera view to the north. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba locomotive No. 17 pulling baggage car and passenger car. Lumber piles in foreground. Depot and Hersey House in background. |
| Ordering Information | http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html |
| General Subject | Business & Industry
Pioneer Era
Transportation
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Railroads
Railroad stations
Lumber
Railroad cars
Hotels
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| Personal Name | Hersey, Dudley
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| Organization Name | St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Company
Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)
Hersey House (Arvilla, N.D.)
Great Northern Depot (Arvilla, N.D.)
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| Location | Arvilla (N.D.)
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| Decade | 1880-1889
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| Item Number | B0051 |
| Format of Original | Photographic prints
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| Transcription | "Railroad Station, Arvilla, Dakota."--Printed below photograph.
"Showing the 'Hersey House'"--Handwritten below photograph. |
| Notes | Photographer unknown.
Title created by staff. |
| Biography/History | The town of Arvilla was founded in 1878 as Orange. In 1882 the Great Northern Railroad moved the townsite two miles east to property owned by Dudley Hersey. The town's name was changed to Arvilla to honor Hersey's wife. |
| Bibliographic Reference | Wick, Douglas A. North Dakota Place Names. Sweetgrass Communications, Bismarck, ND: 1989. 8. |
| Repository Institution | State Historical Society of North Dakota
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| Repository Collection | State Historical Society of North Dakota Photograph Collection B
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| Credit Line | State Historical Society of North Dakota (B0051) |
| Rights Management | Copyright status unknown. |
| Digital ID | shB0051 |
