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River from Fort Snelling
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Landscape view of the river looking downstream from Fort Snelling, Minnesota Territory. An expanse of placid river water fills the center of the drawing and rolling lightly-wooded hillsides rise on either side of the water. On the left shore two groups of tipis are pitched and a small distant canoe starts into the river. White highlights accent the pencil drawing.
October 1852
Hoeffler, Adolf, 1825-1898 (artist)
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