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Collection Summary
Collection: B - B Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 0220-00002
Title: "Wrong Side Up" incident monument and plaque New Salem (N.D.)
Date: Circa 1930
Inscription/Marks: [front-plaque] "Wrong Side Up" These words were spoken to John Christiansen on this spot in the Spring of 1883 by a Sioux Indian. John was plowing under the prairie grass. Pondering this phrase made New Salem a successful dairy center.
Summary: Monument and plaque commemorating incident in 1883 three traveling Sioux Indians tell John Christiansen that the ground should be right side up. John Christiansen was plowing under the prairie grass.
Red ID: PH_I_91081 Image ID: 49208 Image Notes: B0220-00002

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

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