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| [[Category:All]]
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| [[Category:North Dakota Forts]]
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| [[Category:Restored]]
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| [[Category:Preserved]]
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| [[Category:State Park]]
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| [[Category:North Dakota Fort Trail]]
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| [[Image:Image1.jpg|500px|thumb|left|<<Image 1 Caption>>]]
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| [[Image:Image2.jpg|thumb|435px|right|<<Image 2 Caption>>]]
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| '''Fort Abercrombie (1857-1878)''' - Established on 28 Aug 1858 by Lt. Col. [[John J. Abercrombie]] of the [[2nd U.S. Infantry]] who the fort is named after. Fort Abercrombie served as a hub for several major transportation routes through the northern plains.
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| ==Fort Abercrombie History==
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| Fort Abercrombie served as a hub for several major transportation routes through the northern plains.
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| After the fort was abandoned in 1877, fort buildings were sold and removed from the site. A Works Progress Administration (WPA) project in 1939-1940 reconstructed three blockhouses and the stockade and returned the original military guardhouse to the site. Beginning in the summer of 2001, a project to refurbish major portions of the WPA project and to reinterpret the site was initiated by the state historical society.
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| ==Current Status==
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| <googlemap lat="46.44491" lon="-96.717904" zoom="16" width="500" height="500" scale="yes" overview="yes" controls="large">
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| 46.445132, -96.718225, Fort Abercrombie<br>(1857-1878)
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| </googlemap>
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| '''Location:'''
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| <<Location Text>>
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| {{Mapit-US-cityscale|44.67362|-123.46302}}
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| * Elevation:
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| '''Links:'''
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| '''Visited:'''
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| ==Picture Gallery==
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| </gallery>
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