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| Title | Train at passenger platform, Arvilla, Dakota Territory |
| Date of Original | between 1882 and 1883 |
| Creator | Blackburn, George F.
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| Creator Role | Photographer |
| Description | St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba 4-4-0 locomotive (no number visible) pulling baggage car No. 343 and two passenger cars, standing at Arvilla passenger platform. Hughes & Hershey lumber yard (indicated by arrow) in background. |
| Ordering Information | http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html |
| General Subject | City & Town Life
Business & Industry
People
Pioneer Era
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Railroad stations
Railroads
Railroad cars
Railroad employees
Railroad locomotives
Railroad passenger cars
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| Personal Name | Hersey, Dudley
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| Organization Name | Hughes & Hersey (Arvilla, N.D.)
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| Location | Arvilla (N.D.)
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| Decade | 1880-1889
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| Item Number | B0060 |
| Format of Original | Photographic prints
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| Transcription | "At Arvilla showing Hughes & Hersey Lumber Yards."--Handwritten on edge of photograph.
"Geo. F. Blackburn & Co. Photographers, Grand Forks, D.T."--Stamped on edge and back of photograph. |
| Notes | Title created by staff. |
| Relation | [Is Part Of] North Dakota History textbook materials |
| 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 (B0060) |
| Rights Management | Copyright status unknown. |
| Digital ID | shB0060 |
