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Fort Snelling, Minnesota Territory
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Landscape view of Fort Snelling, Minnesota Territory from a nearby hill showing the Fort, the Mississippi river, the countryside, farm buildings and tipis. The pencil drawing is highlighted with white and light blue.
1852
Hoeffler, Adolf, 1825-1898 (artist)
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W011D94
WHi 81527
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