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| Title | Bird's-eye view of Fargo, Dakota Territory |
| Date of Original | 1880 |
| Creator | Fowler, T. H.
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| Creator Role | Artist |
| Description | Aerial sketch of Fargo. The Red River is in the foreground. Buildings are sparsely placed along the roads. The grain elevator is visible lower-center. Steamboats are shown at the boat landing, lower left-center. Fields and open country surround the town. |
| Ordering Information | http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html |
| General Subject | Aerials
City & Town Life
Business & Industry
Pioneer Era
Water
Transportation
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Grain elevators
Stereographs
Sketches
Cityscape drawings
Rivers
Steamboats
Streets
Buildings
Croplands
Meadows
Trees
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| Organization Name | Northern Pacific Depot (Fargo, N.D.)
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
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| Location | Fargo (N.D.)
Dakota Territory
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| Decade | 1880-1889
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| Item Number | A2945-1 |
| Format of Original | Stereographs
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| Transcription | "Northern Pacific Stereographs F. Jay Haynes, Fargo, D.T."--Printed on edges of stereograph.
"Northern Pacific Views Embrace all points of Interest between Lake Superior and the Black Hills, and along the Line of the N. P. R. R., to the Yellowstone. Red River Wheat Farm Views. Catalogues on Application. Photographed & Published By F. Jay Haynes, Official Photographer of the Northern Pacific Rail Road, Fargo, D. T."--Printed on back of stereograph. |
| Notes | Sketch by T. H. Fowler, based on a photograph by F. Jay Haynes. |
| Biography/History | Fargo was founded as The Crossing in 1871 and was known unofficially as Tent City. The name changed first to Centralia, then to Fargo in 1872. The city, located on the Red River, is the seat of Cass County. |
| Bibliographic Reference | Wick, Douglas A. North Dakota Place Names. Sweetgrass Communications, Bismarck, ND: 1989. 63. |
| Repository Institution | State Historical Society of North Dakota
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| Repository Collection | State Historical Society of North Dakota Photograph Collection A
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| Credit Line | State Historical Society of North Dakota (A2945-1) |
| Rights Management | Copyright status unknown. |
| Digital ID | shA2945-1 |
