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Rare wooden supply keg

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 1,000.00 USD
Rare wooden supply keg
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HELD AT The Lodge at Deadwood
Event Center
877-393-5634
DEADWOOD, SD. 57732
hotel, bar,casino attached

Rare wooden supply kegstenciled on bottom from "Fort Bennett Dakota Territory," established in 1870 during the Great Indian Wars to control the Sioux, the fort was located on the Missouri river above Ft. Pierre, built next to the Cheyenne RiverAgency, the Agency was set up for the Minneconjou, Two Kettle, and Sans Arc tribes with populations between1500-7000 at its peak, with rations, shelter, schools, and religion provided by the U.S. Government, the fort was abandoned in 1891 and later flooded by the Oahe dam and Missouri river, several of its original buildings still standing into the 1950s, 15" X 20", the staves supported by split willow bands, the top fitted withhalf hinging lid, an excellent Indian Wars Dakota Territory primitive and likley the only one existing. Est. 500-1000