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Fort Clark Trading Post State Historic Site

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More than 2,200 features on the surface from the ruins of houses and graves still exist. Lodge depressions are also visible along with an unmarked cemetery with more than 800 graves. The site is operated by the
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Most of the site has been owned by the state since 1889. A total of 125 acres (51 ha) in two sections of the state historic site were listed on the
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tribe moved into the abandoned village. In 1850, another trading post was built by Charles Primeau. In 1851, a
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Rationalizing Epidemics: Meanings and Uses of American Indian Mortality Since 1600
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A typical Mandan village — possibly what the early settlement may have looked like
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Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in North Dakota
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outbreak occurred and then a smallpox outbreak in 1856. When an attack by the
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Mercer County, North Dakota
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Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site Archeological District
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tribe built a settlement with earth-covered lodges on the bluffs of the
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National Register of Historic Places in Mercer County, North Dakota
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which arrived in 1832 carrying 1,500 gallons of goods and liquor.
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Forts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Dakota
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built Fort Clark Trading Post south of the village. The first
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settlement. Over the course of its history it also had two
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docked at the village carrying passengers infected with
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stayed the winter of 1833-1834. In 1837, the steamboat
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happened in 1861, the fort was permanently abandoned.
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List of National Historic Landmarks in North Dakota
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Fort Clark Trading Post State Historic Site is located in North Dakota
Fort Clark Trading Post State Historic Site is located in the United States
Mercer County
North Dakota, USA
Stanton, North Dakota
47°15′07″N 101°16′31″W / 47.25194°N 101.27528°W / 47.25194; -101.27528
86002800
Mandan
Arikara
factories (trading posts)
Washburn, North Dakota
Mandan
Missouri River
American Fur Company
steamboat
Yellowstone
George Catlin
Karl Bodmer
Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied
smallpox
1837 Great Plains smallpox epidemic
Arikara
cholera
Dakota
National Register of Historic Places
North Dakota State Historical Society
Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

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