Crow Butte, RG5899.PH000004-000001

ID: 142 ~ Source: RG5899 Ness, Larry, Nebraska State Historical Society ~ Date: 1877 circa
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Crow Butte, RG5899.PH000004-000001
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Both sides of a stereograph of Crow Butte.

This file appears in: The Council Tree

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