View of Fort Defiance, Arizona. An orchard is near the middle of the town. Fort Defiance, a boarding school for Navajo children, was formerly a fort built to suppress Native American Navajos.
Description
1 copy negative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 9 x 17 cm. (3 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
Subject
Boarding schools--Arizona--Fort Defiance; Indians of North America--Government relations--Arizona--Fort Defiance; Navajo Indians--Government relations--Arizona--Fort Defiance; Fort Defiance (Ariz.)
Format-Medium
Photograph
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Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image File: ZZR710033460
Notes
Formerly F20157.; Photographer's and copyright information stamped on back of print.; Title and "Established 1849. Abandoned 1861. Now used as a school for Navajo children. It was Col. Kit Carson' headquarters while making good Indians of the Navajos." from label in print.; R7100334604
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