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'''Location:''' Fort Clark State Historic Site, Mercer County, North Dakota.
'''Location:''' Fort Clark State Historic Site, Mercer County, North Dakota.


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* Elevation: 1716'
* Elevation: 1716'
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Revision as of 16:59, 17 September 2013

Fort Clark (5) (1831-1860) - An American Fur Company fur trading post established in 1831 by James Kipp in present day Mercer County, North Dakota. Named for William Clark of Lewis & Clark fame. Abandoned in 1860.

Current Status

Fort Clark State Historic Site, Mercer County, North Dakota.


USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Database Entry: 1029011


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Location: Fort Clark State Historic Site, Mercer County, North Dakota.

Maps & Images

Lat: 47.250652 Long: -101.272058

Sources:

  • Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 629-630
  • Hart, Herbert M., Tour Guide to Old Western Forts, Pruett Publishing Co., Boulder CO, 1980, ISBN 0-87108-568-2,page 112-113

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