North Dakota -- History.
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Mary Ann Barnes Williams Collection of Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 131
Abstract
Correspondence and reminiscences, relating to General George Custer, the Battle of the Little Big Horn, forts Buford, Mandan, and Abraham Lincoln, Sakakawea, frontier life, and North Dakota history; and newspaper articles concerning Williams.
Dates:
1931-1971.
Walter Dunning Powell Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 244
Abstract
Local businessman who moved to western North Dakota and was interested in archaeology and early history. He is credited with the discovery of a Mandan Indian Village near Menoken, N.D. that is believed to have been visited by La Verendrye in 1738.
Dates:
1901-1959.