Alice Young Bear’s house and shed on the road. Elbowoods was one of several Native America
Alice Young Bear’s house and shed on the road. Elbowoods was one of several Native American towns along the Missouri River which were permanently flooded following the completion of the Garrison Dam in North Dakota in 1953. The Army Corps of Engineers’ Garrison Dam created the third largest reservoir in the country, flooding a quarter of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, forcing the relocation of 325 families, nearly 80% of the population on the reservation at that time. Read more here and here (p120)Picture from National Archives and Records AdministrationVia Things Magazine -- source link
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