found: Work cat.: Thomson, W.D. History of Fort Pembina, 1870-1895, 1969:p. 4 (Fort Pembina, Dakota Territory)
found: Dakota datebook, March 25, 2007, viewed 2008 Jan 7(Fort Pembina is a name that applied to several fur trading posts and forts built at various times, beginning around 1793, near the junction of the Pembina and Red Rivers in northeastern North Dakota; in the 1860s, the Minnesota legislature petitioned Congress for the establishment of a post at Pembina because of unrest in the Red River Valley and the threat of danger from the Sioux Indians; the post would also serve to check illicit trade between Canada and the United States; on this date, March 25th, 1870, a special order was issued from headquarters Department of Dakota to establish a new military post at Pembina; much of the post was destroyed by fire in May of 1895 and it was abandoned in August of that year)
found: North Dakota place names (online), viewed 2008 Jan 7(Fort Pembina; Pembina County; this military post was est. July 9, 1870, as Fort George H. Thomas, but the name was changed to Fort Pembina on Sept. 6, 1870, by order of Gen. William T. Sherman; it was located just south of the village of Pembina in Section 16-163-51, Pembina Township, and was staffed by a force of 200 men; it was one of a series of forts designed to protect settlers from hostile Indians; the 1,920 acre reservation was abandoned in 1878, and the facilities were auctioned to the public in 1895)
found: Web site Brief Descriptions of Dakota territory forts, June 2, 2008 (Fort Pembina ... originally called Fort Thomas)
notfound: GNIS
