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| [[Category:North Dakota Forts]]
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| [[Category:Dakota-Montana Trail]]
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| [[Category:Unknown Ownership]]
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| [[Image:FortSeward Plan.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Fort Seward Plan, 1877]]
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| [[Image:FortSeward OfficersQtrs 1872.jpg|thumb|435px|right|Fort Seward Officer's Quarters, 1872]]
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| '''Fort Seward (1872-1877)''' - Established in 27 May 1872 by Capt. John C. Bates of the [[20th U.S. Infantry]] to provide protection for the construction of the Northern Pacific Railway. The fort was initially named Camp Sykes after Col. [[George Sykes]], [[20th U.S. Infantry]] and later designated Fort Cross on 7 Sep 1872. Finally, in 1873, the name was changed to Fort Seward after [[William H. Seward]], Secretary of State under President Lincoln.
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| ==Fort Seward History==
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| Fort Seward was a 3 Company post with about 120 men from the 20th U.S. Infantry stationed there. It guarded the Northern Pacific Railroad bridge crossing the James River.
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| After the fort was abandoned on 14 Jul 1877, it was dismantled and sent North 81 miles to [[:Category:Fort Totten|Fort Totten]]. The military reservation was transferred to the Interior Department 22 Apr 1889.
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| ==Current Status==
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| <googlemap lat="46.914656" lon="-98.721042" zoom="16" width="500" scale="yes" overview="yes" controls="large">
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| 46.914548, -98.721169, Fort Seward<br>(1872-1877)
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| </googlemap>
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| '''Location:'''
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| 605 10th Ave. NW, Jamestown, ND
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| {{Mapit-US-cityscale|46.914548|-98.721169}}
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| * Elevation: 1450'
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| |}
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| '''Links:'''
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| * [http://www.geocities.com/hodag_/FtSewardMuseum.html Fort Seward Interpretive Center]
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| * [http://www.falmr.org/dakforts.htm Dakota Forts]
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| '''Visited:''' No
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| ==Picture Gallery==
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| </gallery>
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