1883 bird's-eye-view lithograph of Jamestown, Dakota Territory

Summary

A classic late-19th-c. panoramic "bird's-eye view" lithograph of **Jamestown, Dakota Territory, 1883** — the grid of streets along the James River, with a numbered legend of businesses and public buildings and an architectural inset (a prominent civic/church building). Depicts the town in exactly the years the family's Dakota-leg figures appear in this archive (Pat Murphy wage suit 1886; the 1883 Murphy's-saloon billiards item; the 1884 policeman Murphy item). Pure visual context — no family persons depicted.

Places

• Jamestown, North Dakota (primary)
• Stutsman County, North Dakota (primary)
• Dakota Territory / North Dakota (primary)

Themes

• dakota_territory_settlement

Tags

• context_setting
• book_chapter_material

Related sources

• 1883-09-28 — Jamestown Weekly Alert, p.2 — The Game.
• 1886-09-23 — Jamestown Weekly Alert, p.8