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Collection Summary
Collection: 00166 - Montana Historical Society Photograph Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00026
Title: David Thompson monument
Date: 1950
Creator: Montana Historical Society
Inscription/Marks: [back] Col 00166-0026. 25 miles Southeast of Minot, North Dakota-D. Thompson and Verendrye. David Thompson File. 053E.
Summary: Three-quarter view of granite globe atop a rectangular granite base. The David Thompson State Historic Site is enclosed by a barbed wire fence and overlooks the beautiful Souris River Valley. The Great Northern Railroad donated the land to the state and commissioned and erected the monument, which was dedicated on July 17, 1925. The pedestal under the globe bears the following inscription: 1770 DAVID THOMPSON 1857 Geographer and Astronomer. Passed near here in 1797 and 1798 on a scientific and trading expedition. He made the first map of the country which is now North Dakota and achieved many noteworthy discoveries in the Northwest.
Red ID: PH_I_148040 Image ID: 90878 Image Notes: 00166-00026-back

Collection: 00166 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Montana Historical Society Photograph Collection
Date: Circa 1866- Circa 1950

Summary: Postcards from Medora (N.D.), Dickinson (N.D.), Highway 10 and North Dakota Highway 16 Junction, David Thompson Historic Site in Verendrye (N.D.), and a Chateau de Mores Miniature Postcard set.

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Collection Summary
Collection: 00166 - Montana Historical Society Photograph Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00026
Title: David Thompson monument
Date: 1950
Creator: Montana Historical Society
Inscription/Marks: [back] Col 00166-0026. 25 miles Southeast of Minot, North Dakota-D. Thompson and Verendrye. David Thompson File. 053E.
Summary: Three-quarter view of granite globe atop a rectangular granite base. The David Thompson State Historic Site is enclosed by a barbed wire fence and overlooks the beautiful Souris River Valley. The Great Northern Railroad donated the land to the state and commissioned and erected the monument, which was dedicated on July 17, 1925. The pedestal under the globe bears the following inscription: 1770 DAVID THOMPSON 1857 Geographer and Astronomer. Passed near here in 1797 and 1798 on a scientific and trading expedition. He made the first map of the country which is now North Dakota and achieved many noteworthy discoveries in the Northwest.
Red ID: PH_I_148040 Image ID: 97928 Image Notes: 00166-00026

Collection: 00166 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Montana Historical Society Photograph Collection
Date: Circa 1866- Circa 1950

Summary: Postcards from Medora (N.D.), Dickinson (N.D.), Highway 10 and North Dakota Highway 16 Junction, David Thompson Historic Site in Verendrye (N.D.), and a Chateau de Mores Miniature Postcard set.

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