Lake Ashtabula (N.D.) Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo 425
Scope and Content
The Lake Ashtabula (N.D.) Photograph Collection is an artificial collection created by archives staff. It currently holds four photographic prints. All appear to have been taken by the Grater North Dakota Association. The photographers listed on the photographs are W. P. Sebens, and Heal H. Tracy. They appear to have been taken between 1953 and 1955.
Dates
- 1953-1955.
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the NDSU Archives.
Copyrights
The NDSU Archives does not own the copyrights.
History
In 1951 the Baldhill Dam was constructed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers on the Sheyenne River ten miles upstream from Valley City in Barnes County, N.D. The resulting reservoir created by the dam was named Lake Ashtabula. The name "Ashtabula" is a Native American word meaning "Fish River." The lake covers 5,234 acres.
Extent
4 Photographic Prints (4 photographic prints.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Photographs of the Baldhill Dam and the reservoir Lake Ashtabula, located north of Valley City on the Sheyenne River.
Provenance
Donors unknown.
Property rights
The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Lake Ashtabula (N.D.) Photograph Collection
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository
Contact:
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu