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Collection Summary
Collection: C - C Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 1423-00001
Title: Dunkard settlers moving from Indiana to North Dakota on Great Northern Railroad
Date: 03/29/1894
Creator: Zimmerman, Charles A.,--1844-1909
Inscription/Marks: with compliments of Max Bass, Immigration Agent Great Northern Railroad St. Paul Minn.
Summary: Overview of railway yards at St. Paul (Minn.) with large group of people waiting in front of passenger cars. A banner on the side of one of the passenger cars reads "From Indiana to the rich free government lands in North Dakota via the famous Red River Valley the bread basket of America Great Northern Railway."||The first immigration of German Brethren from Indiana to Cando (N.D.) took place in 1894. This train of “immigrant cars” carried 350 members of the church along with all of their belongings. At St. Paul, the Great Northern Railroad made this photo of the group with the banners on the trains declaring the Great Northern Railroad’s interest in taking more settlers to North Dakota. The railroad also treated the Brethren to lunch in St. Paul. Max Bass of the Great Northern Railway and F.L. Thompson, a U.S. Land Commissioner had the idea to invite Dunkers, members of the Church of the Brethren to move to North Dakota. In March 1894, a train carring 350 passengers headed to Cando, N.D.
Red ID: PH_I_89641 Image ID: 51219 Image Notes: C1423-00001

Collection: C Digitized Images from Collection
Title: C Collection
Date: ca. 1836-1960

Summary: At some point in time the State Historical Society separated photographs into collections by size. The A collection consists of items 4 X 5” or less, the B collection consists of items 5 X 7” or less, the C collection consists of items 8 X 10” or less, the D collection consists of items 11 X 14” or less, and the E collection consists of items larger than 11 X 14”.

Collection Summary
Collection: C - C Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 1423-00001
Title: Dunkard settlers moving from Indiana to North Dakota on Great Northern Railroad
Date: 03/29/1894
Creator: Zimmerman, Charles A.,--1844-1909
Inscription/Marks: with compliments of Max Bass, Immigration Agent Great Northern Railroad St. Paul Minn.
Summary: Overview of railway yards at St. Paul (Minn.) with large group of people waiting in front of passenger cars. A banner on the side of one of the passenger cars reads "From Indiana to the rich free government lands in North Dakota via the famous Red River Valley the bread basket of America Great Northern Railway."||The first immigration of German Brethren from Indiana to Cando (N.D.) took place in 1894. This train of “immigrant cars” carried 350 members of the church along with all of their belongings. At St. Paul, the Great Northern Railroad made this photo of the group with the banners on the trains declaring the Great Northern Railroad’s interest in taking more settlers to North Dakota. The railroad also treated the Brethren to lunch in St. Paul. Max Bass of the Great Northern Railway and F.L. Thompson, a U.S. Land Commissioner had the idea to invite Dunkers, members of the Church of the Brethren to move to North Dakota. In March 1894, a train carring 350 passengers headed to Cando, N.D.
Red ID: PH_I_89641 Image ID: 51220 Image Notes: C1423-00001-back

Collection: C Digitized Images from Collection
Title: C Collection
Date: ca. 1836-1960

Summary: At some point in time the State Historical Society separated photographs into collections by size. The A collection consists of items 4 X 5” or less, the B collection consists of items 5 X 7” or less, the C collection consists of items 8 X 10” or less, the D collection consists of items 11 X 14” or less, and the E collection consists of items larger than 11 X 14”.

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