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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25N5_worlds-largest-buffalo_Jamestown-ND.html
World's Largest Buffalo
Erected 1959 By
City of Jamestown & Chamber of Commerce
Length 46 Ft. Width 14 Ft.
Heigth 26 Ft. Weight 60 Tons
Elmer Paul Peterson - Sculptor
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24OS_fort-seward_Jamestown-ND.html
Fort Seward, formerly Fort Cross, was established June 3, 1872. The post was built on a bluff overlooking the confluence of the James River and Pipestone Creek. Although the Sioux Indians had recently been settled on reservations, occasional raidi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24OP_fort-seward_Jamestown-ND.html
A United States military post providing quarters for two companies of infantry. It was named for Wm H. Seward, wo served as Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln.
The post protected workers who were building the Northern Pacific Railway and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24ON_alton-klaus_Jamestown-ND.html
The Heirs of
Alton Klaus
A public spirited citizen
Known as
The Father of Jamestown
Have given this park to the public for purposes of recreation and enjoyment.
A.D. 1907
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24OL_where-the-two-rivers-meet_Jamestown-ND.html
Old maps of the Northwest apply the name of Dakota to the James River. The junction of the
Can Sa Sa (James River) and the Pipestem, where Jamestown is now located, was a favorite place for getting together among the Indians before the coming of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24O3_fort-william-h-seward_Jamestown-ND.html
Established 1872
Abandoned 1877
Officer In Command
Captain John H. Patterson
in the Spring of 1876 two companies of the 7th Cavalry
were encamped in this valley for three weeks.
In the Indian Campaign which followed, these troops
we…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24L8_model-1861-8-siege-howitzer_Jamestown-ND.html
Manufactured by the Fort Pitt foundry in 1862.
The original cost paid was $205.50.
It is number 26 of a total of 171 manufactured. Only
73 have survived.
The barrel weight is 2602 pounds. The projectile
weighed 46 pounds and was propelled b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PA2_jamestown-dam_Jamestown-ND.html
Jamestown Dam
1953
Missouri River Basin project
Built by and for the people of the United States
for the conservation, control, and use of water resources.
Height of Dam 110 Feet
Length of Crest 1418 Feet
Reservoir Capacity 230,000 Acre Fee…