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Title: Leo D. Harris
Dates: 1926-circa 1960
Collection Number: 2019-P-162
Quantity: 80 items
Abstract: Images of people and events on the Fort Berthold Reservation including dedication of the Four Bears Bridge, the Four Bears monument and the monument to the Fort Laramie Tribal Council of 1851. Also images of the men who repatriated the Water Buster Bundle.
Provenance: The provenance of this collection is unknown. These images were transferred from 00239 Miscellaneous Photo Collection.
Property Rights: The State Historical Society of North Dakota owns the property rights to this collection.
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Biographical Sketch
Funeral services for Leo Dawn Harris, 65, who prior to moving to Livingston (Mont.) in 1950 from Killdeer, N.D., had been employed as a press photographer for the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph and the Chicago Tribune, were held Wednesday afternoon at the Franzen Chapel. The Reverend Bernard McLain, Holbrook church officiated and military graveside honors at Mountain View Cemetery were in charge of Park Post 23, the American Legion.
Harris, who had been ill for some time, died early Monday morning at the Memorial Hospital. He was born February 5, 1896 in Booneville, Mo., the son of the late Frederick Harris and Rose Pugh Harris. The family moved to North Dakota in 1906. He operated a farm at Center, N.D. prior to enlisting in the army in Aug. 1918. After his discharge on May 26, 1919, he resided at Killdeer where he worked as a freelance photographer. Known in North Dakota as the Cowboy Photographer, he began his career studying art at a Chicago school. In recent years he made a specialty of scenic and wildlife photography and sold many of his pictures and stories to national magazines.
Sources:
Livingston (Mont.) Enterprise
Minot Daily News
North Dakota Council on the Arts
Photographs Inventory
2019-P-162-00001 Elbowoods and Killdeer rodeo, Elbowoods, (N.D.) 1926
2019-P-162-00002 Elbowoods and Killdeer rodeo, Elbowoods, (N.D.) 1926
2019-P-162-00003 Elbowoods and Killdeer rodeo, Elbowoods, (N.D.) 1926
2019-P-162-00004 Elbowoods and Killdeer rodeo, Elbowoods, (N.D.) 1926
2019-P-162-00005 Elbowoods and Killdeer rodeo, Elbowoods, (N.D.) 1926
2019-P-162-00006 Tombstones of soldiers killed at Killdeer Mountain 1864 circa 1960
2019-P-162-00007 WWI Veterans salute graves from Battle of Killdeer Mountain 1920-1930
2019-P-162-00008 Honor Guard at the Young Hawk American Legion Post #253, Elbowoods (N.D.) circa 1930
2019-P-162-00009 Teacher and students, Elbowoods (N.D.) circa 1930
2019-P-162-00010 Unveiling of the monument to Four Bears for services rendered at the Fort Laramie Treaty Council of 1851, Elbowoods (N.D.) 09/08/1933
2019-P-162-00011 Drags Wolf stands ready to unveil the monument to the Treaty Council at Fort Laramie of 1851, Elbowoods (N.D.) 9/8/1933
2019-P-162-00012 Bear's Arm shakes hands with Major A. B. Welch while Drags Wolf watches at the Fort Laramie Treaty Council monument unveiling, Elbowoods (N.D.) 09/08/1933
2019-P-162-00013 Monument to the Treaty Council at Fort Laramie of 1851, Elbowoods (N.D.) 9/8/1933
2019-P-162-00014 Fort Berthold dignitaries after the Fort Laramie Treaty Council monument unveiling, Elbowoods (N.D.) 9/8/1933
2019-P-162-00015 Crowd waiting for the Fort Laramie Treaty Council monument unveiling, Elbowoods (N.D.) 9/8/1933
2019-P-162-00016 Congregational Mission School, Elbowoods (N.D.) 09/08/1933
2019-P-162-00017 Brick building, Elbowoods (N.D.) 09/08/1933
2019-P-162-00018 Houses in Elbowoods (N.D.) 09/08/1933
2019-P-162-00019 Drags Wolf 02/1934
2019-P-162-00020 Bears Arm 02/1934
2019-P-162-00021 Drags Wolf, Bears Arm, and unidentified 02/1934
2019-P-162-00022 Unidentified, Bears Arm and Drags Wolf 02/1934
2019-P-162-00023 Major Alfred Burton Welch, Alison Grinnell and others pose after the Four Bears Bridge dedication ceremony Elbowoods (N.D.) 6/17/1934
2019-P-162-00024 Alison Grinnell and other Native American dignitaries stand on Four Bears Bridge for dedication ceremony, Elbowoods (N.D.) 6/17/1934
2019-P-162-00025 Alison Grinnell cutting ribbon at Four Bears Bridge dedication ceremony, Elbowoods (N.D.) 6/17/1934
2019-P-162-00026 Alison Grinnell standing on Four Bears Bridge after dedication Elbowoods (N.D.) 6/17/1934
2019-P-162-00027 Bears Arm and two Native American men in full regalia at Four Bears Bridge dedication ceremony Elbowoods (N.D.) 6/17/1934
2019-P-162-00028 Dignitaries attending Four Bears Bridge dedication ceremony, Elbowoods (N.D.) 6/17/1934
2019-P-162-00029 Alison Grinnell and Fort Berthold dignitaries at the Four Bears Bridge dedication, Elbowoods (N.D.) 6/17/1934
2019-P-162-00030 Attendees to the Four Bears Bridge dedication ceremony parade cross new Four Bears bridge, Elbowoods (N.D.) 6/17/1934
2019-P-162-00031 State Senator James P. Cain, Dickinson (N.D.) speaks on platform at the Four Bears Bridge dedication ceremony, Elbowoods (N.D.) 6/17/1934
2019-P-162-00032 Alison Grinnell, James P. Cain and Bear's Arm stand with others ready to cut the ribbon opening the Four Bears Bridge Elbowoods (N.D.) 6/17/1934
2019-P-162-00033 Four Bears Bridge after dedication ceremony, Elbowoods (N.D.) 6/17/1934
2019-P-162-00034 Three Indians on horses 06/17/1934
2019-P-162-00035 Fox Society women in regalia on horseback parade to the Four Bears monument dedication, Elbowoods (N.D.) 6/17/1934
2019-P-162-00036 Arthur Mandan and Fox Society women form a procession for the Four Bears Bridge dedication, Elbowoods (N.D.) 06/17/1934
2019-P-162-00037 Native American men on horses singing in procession to Four Bears Bridge dedication, Elbowoods (N.D.) 06/17/1934
2019-P-162-00038 Arthur Mandan and State Senator James P. Cain prepare to unveil the Four Bears Bridge monument, Elbowoods (N.D.) 06/17/1934
2019-P-162-00039 Arthur Mandan addresses crowd at the Four Bears Bridge Monument dedication, Elbowoods (N.D.) 6/17/1934
2019-P-162-00040 Crowd watches procession of dignitaries approach for the Four Bears Bridge Monument dedication, Elbowoods (N.D.) 6/17/1934
2019-P-162-00041 Arthur Mandan speaks to crowd after unveiling the Four Bears Bridge monument, Elbowoods (N.D.) 6/17/1934
2019-P-162-00042 Fox Society women stand in front of the Four Bears Bridge Monument after unveiling, Elbowoods (N.D.) 06/17/1934
2019-P-162-00043 Five elders singing at Four Bears Bridge dedication Elbowoods (N.D.) 6/17/1934
2019-P-162-00044 Elders sing into microphone at the Four Bears Bridge dedication, Elbowoods (N.D.) 06/19/1934
2019-P-162-00045 Louis Baker, Sr. (Mandan) circa 1935
2019-P-162-00046 Louis Baker, Sr. (Mandan) circa 1935
2019-P-162-00047 Louis Baker, Sr. (Mandan) circa 1935
2019-P-162-00048 Crows Heart circa 1935
2019-P-162-00049 Crows Heart and young boy circa 1935
2019-P-162-00050 Crows Heart and young boy circa 1935
2019-P-162-00051 Crows Heart (Mandan) circa 1935
2019-P-162-00052 Sitting Crow circa 1935
2019-P-162-00053 Mato Tope (Four Bears) with the marks of his exploits circa 1835
2019-P-162-00054 Franklin D. Roosevelt meets with Tribal Chairman Arthur Mandan and keepers of the Water Buster sacred bundle Foolish Bear and Drags Wolf 01/27/1938
2019-P-162-00055 Foolish Bear and Drags Wolf with Sacred Bundle of the Water Buster Clan 1938
2019-P-162-00056 Judge Dan Wolf 1938
2019-P-162-00057 Drags Wolf circa 1935
2019-P-162-00058 Native American man circa 1935
2019-P-162-00059 Annie, Jim and Loretta Eagle circa 1935
2019-P-162-00060 Annie Crows Heart and Jim Eagle circa 1935
2019-P-162-00061 Native American man circa 1935
2019-P-162-00062 Imogene Baker Campbell circa 1935
2019-P-162-00063 Carolyn Chase Pleets circa 1935
2019-P-162-00064 Mrs. Porcupine and baby circa 1935
2019-P-162-00065 Drum group performing circa 1935
2019-P-162-00066 Unknown man and Drags Wolf circa 1935
2019-P-162-00067 Unknown man and Drags Wolf circa 1935
2019-P-162-00068 Two Native American women stand outside a log cabin circa 1935
2019-P-162-00069 Men dancing circa 1935
2019-P-162-00070 Helen Wolf Wilkinson on horseback circa 1935
2019-P-162-00071 Five Indian women in regalia on horses circa 1935
2019-P-162-00072 Carolyn Chase Pleets holding a horse by the reins circa 1935
2019-P-162-00073 Little boy with a pony circa 1935
2019-P-162-00074 Log home circa 1935
2019-P-162-00075 Woman and man in a winter tipi camp, Standing Rock Reservation circa 1930
2019-P-162-00076 Tipi and tent camp circa 1930
2019-P-162-00077 Ferry, Elbowoods (N.D.) circa 1935
2019-P-162-00078 Beef cattle grazing near Watford City (N.D.) circa 1938
2019-P-162-00079 Aerial view of the Chateau de Mores, Medora (N.D.) circa 1935
2019-P-162-00080 Graves of Sgt. George W. Northrup and Horatio N. Austin, Killdeer Mountains circa 1935
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