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	View of Fort Union, Dakota Territory Title View of Fort Union, Dakota Territory Date of Original 1863 Description View of the fort showing blockhouses on the right and left and the entrance just right of center. Snow is in the foreground. Ordering Information http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html General Subject Fur trade Historic sites Pioneer Era Weather Subject (LCTGM) Forts & fortifications Blockhouses Snow Location Fort Union (N.D.) Decade 1860-1869 Item Number 2005-P-04-014 Format of Original Photographic postcards Transcription "Fort Union 1863"--Handwritten on front of postcard. "Upper Missouri Historical Expedition Enroute Great Northern Railway"--Printed on back of postcard. "Fort Union, North Dakota - 1863"--Handwritten on back of postcard. Notes Photographer unknown. Title created by staff. Biography/History Originally called Fort Floyd, Fort Union was built as a fur trading post in 1828. The fort was closed in 1865, and much of the lumber was reused in the construction of nearby Fort Buford. Bibliographic Reference Wick, Douglas A. North Dakota Place Names. Sweetgrass Communications, Bismarck, ND: 1989. 69. Repository Institution State Historical Society of North Dakota Repository Collection Miscellaneous Photograph Collection 2005-P-04 Credit Line State Historical Society of North Dakota (2005-P-04-014) Rights Management Copyright status unknown. Digital ID sh2005P04014
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