George T. Slade papers. 1855, 1895-1968.

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George T. Slade papers. 1855, 1895-1968.

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Diaries, correspondence, photographs, biographical information, and files related to the railroad work of George T. Slade. The papers include information on Slade's family life and on his relationship to the James J. Hill family, as well as a record book (1924-1941) of wild game killed at the Slade hunting lodge near Harker Lake, Kidder County, North Dakota, and papers relating to the property and its eventual use by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as a wildlife refuge.

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