Birds eye view, Dickinson, North Dakota, 1914 – Antique Wall Map
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Birds eye view, Dickinson, North Dakota, 1914 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Bird's eye view, Dickinson, N.D.
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Birds eye view, Dickinson, North Dakota, 1914
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Dickinson, North Dakota, in 1914 was a Northern Pacific railroad town on the Heart River, serving as the seat of Stark County in the southwestern part of the state. The homestead boom that followed the 1909 Enlarged Homestead Act was then bringing new families onto the open prairie, and wheat, livestock, and hauling grain and cattle to market through the railroad shaped daily life. Merchants, grain buyers, and land agents filled the main business streets, and the town looked to the railroad for its link to Minneapolis and the Pacific coast. Residents also knew the nearby Badlands and the region's coal seams, which supplied fuel for homes and local businesses. This view captures a community still young, with its growth tied closely to the rail line and the farms spreading outward from it.
| Created / published | 1914 |
|---|---|
| Creator | doubleday & myers |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--North Dakota |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,524 px · prints to 18 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bird's eye view, Dickinson, N.D. |
| Reference | ND 1914 Birds eye view, Dickinson |
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