Object Details
Artist
Poland, John Scraggs, Lt Col
Scope and Contents
"Camp No. 3, Co. A, 6 Infy., Heart River, D. T., Sept. 7, 73," pencilled below sketch by John S. Poland; cf. Poland's handwriting on negative Number 56738.
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Local Numbers
OPPS NEG.56735
Local Note
Black and white copy negative
Place
Dakota Territory -- Heart River
Artist
Poland, John Scraggs, Lt Col
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Biographical / Historical
Series of drawings, negative Numbers 56734-741, all appear to be scenes in the area around Fort Abraham Lincoln, which is about five miles from the present site of Bismark, North Dakota, on the west bank of the Missouri River. It was first built in 1872 to protect construction crews of the Northern Pacific Railroad. In 1891 it was abandoned. Information from F. P. Prucha, Guide to the Military Posts of the United States, Milwaukee, 1964, page 55.
Artist: [Lt Col John Scraggs Poland, U. S. A.]
Extent
1 Photograph (8x10 in)
Date
Sep 7 1873
Archival Repository
National Anthropological Archives
Type
Archival materials
Photographs
Genre/Form
Photographs
NAA.PhotoLot.176_ref9429
Large EAD
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NAA.PhotoLot.176
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Record ID
ebl-1628267668517-1628267671393-3