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North Dakota Air National Guard (NDANG) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Michael...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fargo State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SMSGT David H. Lipp, USAF Release Status: Released... More

Dam/Levee Break ^ Extreme Temperatures ^ Flooding ^ Winter Storm - Far...

The original database describes this as: Title: Volunteers at the Fargodome in North Dakota Production Date: 03/29/2009 Caption: Fargo, N. D. , March 29, 2009 --Volunteers from the Red River Valley and beyon... More

MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Timothy McDowell (left), USAF MSGT Timothy Lane...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gulport (ANGCRTC) State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SMSGT David H. Lipp, USAF Release Statu... More

The northeast bastion and north palisade wall foundations after excava...

The northeast bastion and north palisade wall foundations after excavation.

Dana Arens, 319th Wing Staff Agency key spouse, left,

Dana Arens, 319th Wing Staff Agency key spouse, left, displays meal options to Bryni Tiggs, base resident, right, during an event that offered free dinners on Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., Dec. 16, 2020. Ne... More

Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

Earthlodge interior Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

doing pottery, National Parks gallery

Pottery was one of many skills workers had at the fort.

Loop and Tongue of a Buckle - Public domain museum image. A close up o...

Public domain photograph of 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Loop and Tongue of a Buckle - Public domain museum image. A close up o...

Public domain photo of a Medieval 3d object, Europe, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Archaic Birdstone - Public domain dedication photo

United States, North Dakota or South Dakota (?) Public domain photograph of stone archaeological object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Map of Missouri River and vicinity from Saint Charles, Missouri, to M...

Date from accompanying text. Relief shown by symbols for "Black Mountains" or Black Hills. Some place names in both English and French. Based on surveys up to the Mandan-Hidatsa villages by James Mackay and Joh... More

Array of Grey - National Parks Gallery

Feral Horse (Equus caballus): once domesticated, these horses have been living in the wild since the late 1800's. Inadvertently fencing them in when TRNP became established, the Park Service maintains the horse... More

Fort Mandan, North Dakota, December 8, 1804 (drawing)

Fort Mandan, North Dakota, December 8, 1804 (drawing)

Explorers spend the winter in Fort Mandan while they built in November...

Explorers spend the winter in Fort Mandan while they built in November 1804 in Washburn, North Dakota in Lewis and Clark Slide Program.

Historic Photo of the Maltese Cross Cabin

This historic photo of the Maltese Cross Ranch shows the cabin in its original location and configuration.

Knife River Indian Villages Brochure: Village Life on the Upper Missou...

Village Life on the Upper Missouri. Artist Karl Bodmer. A Mandan earthlodge village above a river with native americans riding bull boats.

Roosevelt age 7 - National Parks Gallery

Public domain vintage artistic portrait photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Fall colors along the Missouri River

A late September view of the Missouri River channel as seen from Fort Union Trading Post's palisade wall gallery. During the trading post's active years, 1828-1867, the Missouri River flowed passed the fort at ... More

The trade room - National Parks Gallery

Headman from the Upper Missouri tribes often met with Fort Union's traders in this reconstructed trade room. During the post's active years, 1828-1867, they often would sit on bison robes on the floor and then ... More

Southwest bastion, National Parks gallery

Fort Union Trading Post's southwest bastion as seen from the west. This 1980s reconstruction is built on the site where gravel miners in the 1930s discovered the buried bastion foundations from the historic 182... More

From the Bodmer Overlook - Public domain scan / drawing

A summertime view of Fort Union Trading Post from the north. The photograph was taken from Bodmer Overlook, the spot where Swiss artist Karl Bodmer sketched his famous drawing of the most prominent fur trade po... More

Jousting moose bulls - National Parks Gallery

Two moose bulls lock antlers in a contest of wills. The test of strength is viewed from the gallery along Fort Union Trading Post's south palisade wall. The bulls are tussling in the Missouri River channel at t... More

What it must have looked like - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...

What must the fort have looked like when approached on the Missouri River from the west? This view offers a hint. The picture is taken from down in the former channel of the Missouri River when the post was in ... More

Northeast bastion, National Parks gallery

Fort Union Trading Post's whitewashed, red-roofed northeast bastion is topped with a buffalo weather vane. Visible on the left is the fort's east palisade. In the background, wood-pole tepee frames similar to t... More

Emerging into the light - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Richardson's Ground Squirrels are year-long North Dakota residents. As this one does, they emerge in the spring after hibernating for the winter in their burrows. This individual had burrowed beneath the beams ... More

Front gate and fur press - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Fort Union Trading Post's front gate and southwest bastion overlook the north bank of the Missouri River. When this American Fur Company-built trading post operated, 1828-1867, steamboats unloaded their cargo o... More

Flooding - Barnes County, N. D. , April 26, 2009 -- Flooded Road in Ba...

The original database describes this as: Title: Flooded roadway in rural North Dakota Production Date: 04/26/2009 Caption: Barnes County, N. D. , April 26, 2009 -- Flooded Road in Barnes County, North Dakota... More

Flooding - Fargo, N. D. , March 28, 2009 -- Homes in the Southwood are...

The original database describes this as: Title: Levee holding flood waters in Fargo, North Dakota Production Date: 03/28/2009 Caption: Fargo, N. D. , March 28, 2009 -- Homes in the Southwood area of southern... More

Flooding - Fargo, N. D. , March 28, 2009 -- The Salvation Army hands o...

The original database describes this as: Title: Salvation Army in North Dakota Production Date: 03/28/2009 Caption: Fargo, N. D. , March 28, 2009 -- The Salvation Army hands out meals to crews working to re-... More

Flooding - Fargo, N. D. , March 24, 2009 -- Members of the North Dakot...

The original database describes this as: Title: Sand bagging at the Fargodome in Fargo, ND Production Date: 03/24/2009 Caption: Fargo, N. D. , March 24, 2009 -- Members of the North Dakota National Guard and... More

Flooding - Jamestown, N. D. , June 13, 2009 -- Homeowners near the Jam...

The original database describes this as: Title: Flooded yard and sand bags in North Dakota Production Date: 06/13/2009 Caption: Jamestown, N. D. , June 13, 2009 -- Homeowners near the James River continue to... More

Flooding - Fargo, N. D. , March 28, 2009 -- Homes in the Southwood are...

The original database describes this as: Title: A home being protected by sand bags in Fargo, North Dakota Production Date: 03/28/2009 Caption: Fargo, N. D. , March 28, 2009 -- Homes in the Southwood area of... More

Brass Button (FOUS 7054) - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

A stylized brass button with a five-petal flower design. According to archeologist, William J. Hunt, this button was probably machine made after 1830.

Brass Button (FOUS 7050) - coin, public domain photograph

A stylized brass button. According to archeologist, William J. Hunt, plain buttons were manufactured between 1800 and 1830. Since this button has an eleven-petalled flower design, we can assume it was manufactu... More

Projectile Point (FOUS 85666) - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...

As early as 1832, George Catlin noted that American Indians used metal-tipped arrows. This metal point is trapezoidal in shape with tapered and pointed end.

Iron Point (FOUS 16788) - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

In the hands of a skilled hunter, iron-tipped arrowheads like this one could easily kill a buffalo or man. George Catlin, the artist who visited Fort Union in 1832, noted the strength and advantage of an arrow:... More

Bodmer Overlook: A higher perspective

A few steps nearer the top of Bodmer Overlook one begins to see the vast expanse of the area surrounding the Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers' confluence. That confluence of these major rivers is marked by the d... More

Projectile Point (FOUS 16788) - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...

In the hands of a skilled hunter, iron-tipped arrowheads like this one could easily kill a buffalo or man. George Catlin, the artist who visited Fort Union in 1832, noted the strength and advantage of an arrow:... More

Projectile Point (FOUS 85666) - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...

As early as 1832, George Catlin noted that American Indians used metal-tipped arrows. This metal point is trapezoidal in shape with tapered and pointed end.

Projectile Point (FOUS 85666) - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...

As early as 1832, George Catlin noted that American Indians used metal-tipped arrows. This metal point is trapezoidal in shape with tapered and pointed end.

Karl Bodmer - Where Bodmer painted

The view as one approaches the top of Fort Union Trading Post's Bodmer Overlook. At this spot in 1833, the Swiss artist Karl Bodmer sketched the first drafts of what later becomes the most famous view created o... More

State of North Dakota, Washington Monument, 2016.

One of many commemorative stones within the monument. The Washington Monument is an iconic obelisk located in Washington D.C., United States. It is located on the National Mall and is dedicated to George Washi... More

Thirteen-lined ground squirrel - Public Domain image, National Parks G...

In 1843, the naturalist John James Audubon and his illustrator Isaac Sprague drew at least one sketch of two thirteen-lined ground squirrels at Fort Union Trading Post. If one looks closely at their sketch--the... More

Terminal for an Open Ring Brooch

Public domain photograph of 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Military map of Nebraska and Dakota - Public domain map

Covers North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and portions of Minnesota, Iowa, and Kansas. Shows routes of 20 exploration or survey parties. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. At the head of title: "Expl... More

Military map of Nebraska and Dakota - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Leadership Shirt, 19th century - Public domain dedication. Metropolita...

United States, North Dakota or South Dakota, Upper Missouri River Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Letter to Secretary of the Interior from Abraham Lincoln, October 1, 1...

Copper Point (FOUS 97844) - Public Domain image, National Parks Galler...

In 1870, Harpers Weekly published “Making Arrows”, an article that describes the speed and agility of a skilled American Indian hunter: “grasping his bow and five or six arrows in the left hand, [the archer] wi... More

Club (skullcracker), 19th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art

United States, North Dakota or South Dakota Public domain photograph of stone archaeological object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Copper Point (FOUS 97844) - Public Domain image, National Parks Galler...

In 1870, Harpers Weekly published “Making Arrows”, an article that describes the speed and agility of a skilled American Indian hunter: “grasping his bow and five or six arrows in the left hand, [the archer] wi... More

Metal Point (FOUS 1403) - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

“In ancient times the heads were rudely hammered out of flint,” an unattributed 1870 Harpers Weekly article, “Making Arrows,” said, “but now they are made from hoop-iron and are of course much more effective.” ... More

Projectile Point (FOUS 1403) - Public Domain image, National Parks Gal...

“In ancient times the heads were rudely hammered out of flint,” an unattributed 1870 Harpers Weekly article, “Making Arrows,” said, “but now they are made from hoop-iron and are of course much more effective.” ... More

Rice's sectional map of Dakota Territory.

Relief shown by hachures. Shows roads, railroads, trails, towns, villages, settlements, and boundary lines across the Dakota Territory. "Draughted by Fred Sturnegk." Originally printed 2 maps 43 x 69 cm. on she... More

"Struck it rich!" - Prospecting in the Black Hills [N. Dak.]

Wood engraving by H. Barker, H.A. Randolph, del. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly (1876 Aug. 12), cover. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Dakota Territory / Historic map, Library of Congress

A barber's shop at Standing Rock, Dakota Territory--an Indian chief ha...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1879 March 15, p. 205 (bottom). Public domain photograph of North Dakota, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph ... More

Sheyenne River Valley Scenic Byway - Slattum Cabin Through Trees

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Viewed through trees, the log cabin built by Theodore Slattum in 1879 stands to show the humble beginnings of this Norwegian immigrant w... More

Threshing wheat in North Dakota, Stereoscope Card

Public domain photograph of vintage stereoscopic card - Picryl description

Threshing wheat in North Dakota, Stereoscope Card

Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card - Picryl description

Taking the census at Standing Rock Agency - South Dakota

Men seated at two tables with large crowd of people. On mount: D.F. Barry, West Superior, Wis.

Historic Maltese Cross Cabin - Public Domain image, National Parks Gal...

Sylvane Ferris and S.N. Lebo pose in front of the Maltese Cross Cabin. Lebo was a contemporary rancher with Theodore Roosevelt in the 1880s. Sylvane Ferris, along with Bill Merrifield, built the Maltese Cross C... More

Post route map of the territory of Dakota with adjacent parts of Monta...

Dated 1879. "The service on this diagram brought up to date of March 1st, 1881." Originally printed 2 maps 73 x 51 cm. on sheets 76 x 54 cm., sheets joined vertically to form 1 map. Prime meridian: Washington, ... More

Correct map of Dakota compiled from United States and Territorial surv...

"The large lines on the above map show the location of the Chicago & North-Western Railway, and its branches, the small lines its connections." Shows relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, townships, c... More

Bird's eye view of Jamestown, Dak., c.s. of Stutsman County 1883.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 673 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus., index to points of interest, and directory. AACR2

Bird's eye view of Mandan, Dak., county seat of Morton Co. 1883.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 674 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and index to points of interest. AACR2

View of the city of Bismarck, Dak. Capital of Dakota and county-seat o...

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 672 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and index to points of interest. AACR2

Volkstelling bij het Standing Rock-reservaat voor Sioux in North Dakot...

Volkstelling bij het Standing Rock-reservaat voor Sioux in North Dakota.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Pembina, Pembina County, North Dakota

Jul 1884. 1 Sheet(s). North Dakota fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabi... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Carrington, Foster County, North Dakot...

Jul 1884. 1 Sheet(s). North Dakota fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabi... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Sheldon, Ransom County, North Dakota

Aug 1886. 1 Sheet(s). North Dakota fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabi... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Portland, Traill County, North Dakota

Sep 1886. 1 Sheet(s). North Dakota fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabi... More

Official map of the territory of Dakota, showing the two general divis...

The original Great Sioux Reservation was established as part of the Fort Laramie Treaty of April 29, 1868, and initially comprised all of South Dakota west of the Missouri River. The map displayed here illustra... More

Official railroad map of Dakota issued by the railroad commissioners, ...

Shows relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, Indians, and the railroads with lines named. Scale ca. 1:1,100,000. From Second Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commi... More

Map of the Department of Dakota including Minnesota, Dakota and Montan...

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Jos. Foerst, 1888-1891, E Troop, 8th Cav., Fort Buford, ND,

25 year-old Joseph Foerst of the 8th Cavalry, E Troop. Foerst was discharged July 31, 1891. This copy photoprint was made in April 1962 from an original print loaned by Crescentia Helen Foerst. ; ca. 1888-1891

State of North Dakota - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Kabinettfotografi. Norsk-amerikanere. Mann i fotografens studio.

Fotografiet er kommet inn i forbindelse med "Jeg fant, jeg fant" innsamlingen i 1962.

Kabinettfotografi. Norsk-amerikanere. Brudepar i fotografens studio.

Fotografiet er kommet inn i forbindelse med "Jeg fant, jeg fant" innsamlingen i 1962.

Kabinettfotografi. Norsk-amerikanere. Kvinne i fotografens studio.

Fotografiet er kommet inn i forbindelse med "Jeg fant, jeg fant" innsamlingen i 1962.

Kabinettfotografi. Norsk-amerikanere. Mann i fotografens studio.

Fotografiet er kommet inn i forbindelse med "Jeg fant, jeg fant" innsamlingen i 1962.

Kabinettfotografi. Norsk-amerikanere. Brudepar i fotografens studio.

Fotografiet er kommet inn i forbindelse med "Jeg fant, jeg fant" innsamlingen i 1962.

Map showing the land grant of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company in...

Relief shown by hachures. Panel title: Preserve this Montana map, it shows the land grant of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company in Montana and Idaho, and in part of North Dakota, and in part of eastern Washi... More

Kabinettfotografi. Norsk-amerikanere. Kvinne i fotografens studio.

Fotografiet er kommet inn i forbindelse med "Jeg fant, jeg fant" innsamlingen i 1962.

Kabinettfotografi. Norsk-amerikanere. Mann i fotografens studio.

Fotografiet er kommet inn i forbindelse med "Jeg fant, jeg fant" innsamlingen i 1962.

[Casselton, North Dakota, business district]

No. 1184 Public domain photograph of North Dakota, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

W.J. Clegg, Co. H., 12th Infantry

William J. Clegg, of Company H, 12th Infantry, in uniform. Taken at Fort Yates, North Dakota, on June 2, 1891. This copy photoprint was made in May 1962 from an original print loaned by Anna E. Clegg. ... More

Post route map of the states of North and South Dakota with adjacent p...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

State of North Dakota - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Sectional map of the state of North Dakota published by authority of t...

Township and county map showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, military and Indian reservations, and the operating and proposed railroads with names along the lines. Scale 1:443,520. LC Railroa... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Sanborn, Barnes County, North Dakota

Sep 1893. 1 Sheet(s). North Dakota fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabi... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Carrington, Foster County, North Dakot...

Sep 1893. 1 Sheet(s). North Dakota fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabi... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from La Moure, La Moure County, North Dakot...

Oct 1893. 1 Sheet(s). North Dakota fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabi... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Park River, Walsh County, North Dakota

Oct 1893. 1 Sheet(s). North Dakota fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabi... More

Post route map of the states of North and South Dakota with adjacent p...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

U.S.S. North Dakota, built at the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Mass.

Public domain photo of vintage Massachusetts postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Post route map of the state of North Dakota showing post offices with ...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Map of Stark, Billings, and part of Mercer Counties, 1897 /

Relief shown by hachures. Shows landownership. LC Land ownership maps, 593 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Sanborn, Barnes County, North Dakota

Aug 1898. 1 Sheet(s). North Dakota fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabi... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Carrington, Foster County, North Dakot...

Sep 1898. 1 Sheet(s). North Dakota fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabi... More