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| Title | First post office in North Dakota at Pembina, North Dakota |
| Date of Original | 187-? |
| Description | A group of four log buildings with pitched sod roofs and chimneys. In front of the buildings on a sidewalk made of planks is Charles Cavileer and his wife holding a parasol. The other woman, identified only as an Indian woman, is wearing a shawl over her head and shoulders. Other source states house built in 1863. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | Pioneer Era
Landmarks
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Post offices
Log buildings
Postmasters
Umbrellas
Firsts
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| Subject (LCSH) | Indians of North America
Indians of North America - Women
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| Personal Name | Cavileer, Charles Turner, 1818-1902
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| Location | Pembina (N.D.)
Pembina County (N.D.)
North Dakota
United States
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| Decade | 1870-1879
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| Item Number | 2028.128 |
| Format of Original | Gelatin silver prints
Color images
Copy photographic prints
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| Dimensions of Original | 21 x 25 cm. |
| Transcription | "First post office in North Dakota at Pembina, North Dakota, Mr. & Mrs. Cavalier [sic] & an Indian squaw" - printed on label with hand-colored print. |
| Notes | Title taken from label with hand-colored print. |
| Biography/History | Charles T. Cavileer was born in Springfield, Ohio, March 6, 1818 and came to Pembina August 16, 1851. He was assistant post master 1851-53. In 1854, he moved to St. Joseph and started a trading post there, and in 1857, moved to St. Boniface, Manitoba. He returned to Pembina in 1863, and died there July 27, 1902. - Pembina Settlement Heritage. [Pembina, N.D.] Pembina Settlement History Book Committee, 1976. p. 209. |
| External Resource | Images featured on "Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920" part of American Memory, Library of Congress: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/ndfahtml/ngphome.html |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, Institute for Regional Studies
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| Repository Collection | Fred Hultstrand History in Pictures Collection 2028
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| Credit Line | Fred Hultstrand History In Pictures Collection, NDIRS-NDSU, Fargo (2028.128) |
| Language | eng
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| Digital ID | rs005449 |
| Original Source | Photograph |
