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| Title | Antoine Gingras' roofless fur trading post, Walhalla, N.D. |
| Date of Original | 1966-07-09 |
| Creator | Pelletier, Emile
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| Creator Role | Photographer |
| Description | A long wooden building in an open field. The roof has collapsed, and the material is obviously worn. |
| Ordering Information | http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html |
| General Subject | Fur trade
Historic sites
Pioneer Era
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Trading posts
Wooden buildings
Abandoned buildings
Historic sites
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| Personal Name | Gingras, Antoine, 1821-1877
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| Location | Walhalla (N.D.)
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| Decade | 1960-1969
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| Item Number | A5132 |
| Format of Original | Photographic prints
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| Transcription | "The "roofless" fur-trading post store of Antoine B. Gingras on the old ox-cart trail a few miles N.E. of Walhalla, N.D. It was established in the middle 1840's or thereabouts, (1844) now deteriorating etc. Pictured by Emile Pelletier of St. Boniface, Man., Sat. aftn. July 9, 1966. It was later (many years afterwards) converted into a barn by Allen G. Andrews, then owner, etc. Albert E. Dease"--Handwritten on back of photograph. |
| Notes | Title created by staff. |
| Biography/History | Antoine Gingras settled here in the 1840s. Gingras was a prominent fur trader, a representative in the Minnesota Territorial legislature, and participated in the 1869 Metis rebellion against Canadian rule, led by Louis Riel. |
| External Resource | Consult http://history.nd.gov/historicsites/gringras/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 (A5132) |
| Rights Management | Copyright status unknown. |
| Digital ID | shA5132 |
