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One of the whitewashed brick bastions at Fort Union. It has a pointy red tile roof with a large weathervane. The weathervane has a bison on it. The skeleton of a teepee stands off to the side in the snowy landscape. The sky is grey.

Travels in North Dakota, Part V: Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site

Display case containing small leather balls decorated with glass beads or porcupine quills. The designs are sort of abstract floral.

Travels in North Dakota, Part IV: Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

Scan of color image on book page. Karl Bodmer painting of the village on its bluff, in the background. In the foreground are people with bullboats getting out of the river.

Travels in North Dakota, Part III: Fort Clark State Historic Site

Looking into Fort Mandan from the entrance gate. Low wooden buildings surround a vaguely triangular open court. The court is covered in ice and snow with odd mud patterns. Trees beyond the outer walls.

Travels in North Dakota, Part II: Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center and Fort Mandan

Interior of circular, domed construction, made from wooden poles, the spaces in between filled with twigs. The center of the roof is supported by four larger poles, holding up a horizontal square. View is towards the entrance, where bright light shines in. Benches are placed around a central hearth, which is unlit here.

Travels in North Dakota, Part I: Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park