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Date of Work
November 7, 1953
Description
This letter dated November 7, 1953 from Gunther Harms to United States (US) Representative Usher L. Burdick expresses his dissatisfaction with the process by which his land is being taken to make way for the Garrison Dam, including the method of valuation and calculation of payment.
See also:
Letter from Representative Burdick to Gunther Harms Regarding Land Acquisition and Feed and Seed Loan Debt Cancellation, November 16, 1953.
Date of Work
11-7-1953
Keywords
Garrison Dam, Garrison Reservoir, Garrison Diversion, livestock, land acquisition, land payment, Mandan Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, Mandan, Nueta, Hidatsa, Arikara, Sahnish
Organizations Referenced
United States government, Mandan Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, Mandan, Nueta, Hidatsa, Arikara, Sahnish
People Referenced
Usher L. Burdick, Gunther Harms, P. W. Lanier
Recommended Citation
Harms, Gunther, "Letter from Gunther Harms to Representative Burdick Regarding the Taking of his Land for Garrison Dam, November 7, 1953" (1953). Usher Burdick Papers. 538.
https://commons.und.edu/burdick-papers/538