Bismarck (N.D.) -- History.
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Frank L. Anders Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1417
Abstract
Served as Fargo City Engineer, and secretary and construction engineer of the North Dakota State Capitol Commission which oversaw the construction of the state capitol. Also a Medal of Honor recipient.
Dates:
1822-1965
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Frank L. Anders Papers
Gladys M. Pearce Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 845
Abstract
Her manuscript "Claimed by the Prairies" (187 p.) covers the life of her grandmother Winnie Winston Nicholls (1830-1914) dealing particularly with her life after 1873 as a Bismarck pioneer. Among people mentioned are Alexander McKenzie, Dennis Hannifin, Calamity Jane, General Custer, the horse, Comanche, William Latimer, Dr. E.P. Quain, Linda Slaughter, and the Marquis de Mores. Described are travel by covered wagon, Fort Seward (Jamestown), gambling halls, the removal of the capital to...
Dates:
1936, 1956-1957
Gordon MacGregor Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 861
Abstract
Editor of the Bismark Tribune when the paper won a Pulizer Prize.
Dates:
1933-1965
William A. Falconer Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 228
Abstract
Longtime Bismarck city official who kept handwritten notes on the back of pre-printed personal tax forms.
Dates:
after 1932.