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Title: Roland Gorder
Dates: 1989
Collection Number: 00959
Quantity: 13 items
Abstract: Images of Petrified Log and two Petrified Stumps being set in place by the North Dakota National Guard on the North Dakota State Capitol Grounds walkway.
Provenance: The State Historical Society of North Dakota received the collection from Roland Gorder in September 1992.
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Photographs Inventory 
    00959-0001                 Ray  Oliger, photographers onlookers watch the placement of the 80-foot-long log  (and two stumps) from the Amidon area that is 60 million years old on North  Dakota Capitol grounds 1989. Also pictured: Johnathan Campbell, Dennis Neumann,  Lonnie Bertsch, Ray Oliger, John Hoganson, and John Atwood. 
    00959-0002                 North  Dakota National Guard transporting petrified log to North Dakota State Capitol  grounds, Bismarck (ND) 1989                           
    00959-0003                 Two  pieces of the 80 foot long petrified log from the Amidon area are tied down to  North Dakota National Guard Tactical truck to hold them for transport to the  North Dakota Capitol grounds, Bismarck (ND) 1989. 
    00959-0004                 Two  pieces of the 80 foot long petrified log from the Amidon area are tied down to  North Dakota National Guard Tactical truck to hold them for transport to the  North Dakota Capitol grounds, Bismarck (ND) 1989. 
    00959-0005                 Two North  Dakota National Guard soldiers oversee lifting of petrified logs into their new  location on the North Dakota State Capitol Grounds in Bismarck (ND) 1989. 
    00959-0006                 Two  North Dakota National Guard soldiers direct the lowering of petrified logs into  new places on the North Dakota State Capitol grounds. Once lowered the straps  are removed and then attached to the next piece to be put into place 1989 
    00959-0007                 Onlookers  and videographer observing final placement of petrified log Bismarck (ND) 1989.  Also pictured: Johnathan Campbell, Dennis Neumann, Tom Stromme, Ray Oliger, and  John Hoganson. 
    00959-0008                 Videographer  photographing petrified log on North Dakota State Capitol grounds Bismarck (ND)  1989                                                        
    00959-0009                 Onlookers  and videographer observing final placement of petrified log on the North Dakota  State Capitol grounds Bismarck (ND) 1989   
    00959-0010                 Buck  Worthington stands on top of 60 million years old petrified stump from Amidon  region that has been placed near the arboretum trail on the North Dakota State  Capitol grounds in Bismarck (ND) 1989. 
    00959-0011                 John  Hoganson, Governor Arthur Link, "Buck" Worthington and Earl Campbell  in front of Petrified Log near the arboretum trail on the North Dakota State  Capitol grounds in Bismarck (ND) 1989. 
    00959-0012                 "Buck"  Worthington walking behind the 80 foot long Metasequoia petrified log and stump  from the Paleocen (about 57 million years ago) Sentinel Butte Formation in the  Amidon region that has been placed near the arboretum trail on the North Dakota  State Capitol grounds in Bismarck (ND) 1989. 
    00959-0013-01            Buck  Worthington and Earle Campbell stand together next to one of the petrified stumps  on North Dakota State Capitol Grounds,  Bismarck  (ND) 1989 
    00959-0013-02            Buck  Worthington and Earle Campbell stand together next to one of the petrified stumps  on North Dakota State Capitol Grounds,  Bismarck  (ND) 1989 
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