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This photograph shows a camp at Fort Harker in Ellsworth County, Kansas. The fort was located in present day Kanopolis, Kansas. The image is from Alexander Gardner's series, Across the Continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division.
Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Date: 1867
Item Number: 224074
Call Number: Alexander Gardner Collection No. 02
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 224074
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Union Pacific - Eastern Division
Collections - Photograph - Gardner, Alexander (photographer) - Across the Continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division
Date - 1861-1869 - 1867
Military - Facilities - Forts - Fort Harker
Military - Service - Army
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Albumen prints
Places - Cities and towns - Kanopolis
Places - Counties - Ellsworth
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Union Pacific Railway - Eastern Division
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Albumen prints
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