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Collection: B - B Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 0736-00014
Title: Crow Flies High Mountain, Sanish (N.D.)
Date: Circa 1920
Inscription/Marks: [front-print] 204 Crow Fly Mountain, Sanish, N.D. [back-written] We are way up here in the most desolate country. Expect to leave here Friday and gradually go homeward. We are having a fine time. Otto & Victoria [addressed] Miss Beatrice Faltz, Mayville Wisconsin
Summary: Overview of town against backdrop of a steep hill. There are many buildings along a central street. In the distance a grain elevator, a train and a water tower are visible. There are several cars on the street in the distance. Sanish was founded by the Soo Line Railroad in 1914. Population peaked at 463 in 1930. This town was abandoned in 1953 and submerged in Lake Sakakawea after the completion of the Garrison Dam. Some of the residents formed a
Red ID: PH_I_90660 Image ID: 49789 Image Notes: B0736-00014-back

Collection: B Digitized Images from Collection
Title: B Collection
Date: XX/XXXX

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Collection Summary
Collection: B - B Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 0736-00014
Title: Crow Flies High Mountain, Sanish (N.D.)
Date: Circa 1920
Inscription/Marks: [front-print] 204 Crow Fly Mountain, Sanish, N.D. [back-written] We are way up here in the most desolate country. Expect to leave here Friday and gradually go homeward. We are having a fine time. Otto & Victoria [addressed] Miss Beatrice Faltz, Mayville Wisconsin
Summary: Overview of town against backdrop of a steep hill. There are many buildings along a central street. In the distance a grain elevator, a train and a water tower are visible. There are several cars on the street in the distance. Sanish was founded by the Soo Line Railroad in 1914. Population peaked at 463 in 1930. This town was abandoned in 1953 and submerged in Lake Sakakawea after the completion of the Garrison Dam. Some of the residents formed a
Red ID: PH_I_90660 Image ID: 49788 Image Notes: B0736-00014

Collection: B Digitized Images from Collection
Title: B Collection
Date: XX/XXXX

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