Bicentennial Story #59-Stark County Indian Scare-II

Bicentennial Story #59-Stark County Indian Scare-II

Account of what the troops from Fort Keogh found when they came to Dickinson on December 12, 1890 to help with attacking Indians.

7/22/1975

5/28/1976

Father Louis Pfaller
Jack Hjort

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audio reel, analog, 1/4 inch polyester tape

English

BS-059

Dickinson, ND

New England, ND

Copyright Stark County Historical Society and Dickinson Museum Center

When the troops under Captain Fountain and Lt. Ord reached Dickinson on Dec. 12, 1890, they expected to go into battle because the reports that brought the troops had indicated that the Indians were already outside the city. Hysteria had brought many settlers into town, and the troops were needed more to calm the hyperthyroid citizens than to fight imaginary Indians. The troops camped near the stockyards east of Dickinson for a few days, and then moved south to New England where the settlers, under L.M. Griswold had built a small fort for protection. (Those were the days, my friend. I thought they'd never end.)

This is Bicentennial Story No. 59, prepared by Father Louis Pfaller, for the Stark County Historical Society, Jack Hjorte at the piano.

N.D.H., Vol. 39, p. 11

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Bicentennial tape #2, Bicentennial stories 46-66