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| Title | Stockade and blockhouse, Fort Abercrombie, N.D. |
| Date of Original | 1963-10 |
| Creator | Mattison, Ray H., 1903-1980
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| Creator Role | Photographer |
| Description | View showing the blockhouse and stockade walls from across the parade grounds. The flagpole is at center. View from southwest. |
| Ordering Information | http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html |
| General Subject | Historic sites
Military
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Military facilities
Forts & fortifications
Blockhouses
Flagpoles
Lawns
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| Organization Name | United States. Army
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| Location | Fort Abercrombie (Abercrombie, N.D.)
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| Decade | 1960-1969
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| Item Number | A5079 |
| Format of Original | Photographic prints
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| Notes | Title created by staff. |
| Biography/History | Fort Abercrombie was the first fort in the Dakota Territory, built in 1857, dismantled the next year, and reconstructed in 1860. |
| Bibliographic Reference | Wick, Douglas A. North Dakota Place Names. Sweetgrass Communications, Bismarck, ND: 1989. 65. |
| External Resource | Consult http://history.nd.gov/historicsites/abercrombie/index.html |
| 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 (A5079) |
| Rights Management | Copyright status unknown. |
| Digital ID | shA5079 |
