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The fort was abandoned in 1883 with the sale of all buildings and property. In 1901 the lands encompassing the Fort
Stevenson Military Reservation were sold to Black and Associates, a group of eastern businessmen. The group originally planned to raise sugar beets on the acreages but instead dropped
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