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Truman and General Pick inspect the Fort Peck Dam, Montana

2005-220
Accession Number
2005-220
4x5 inches (10x13 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 350376090
Keywords
Armed forces officers
Dams
Presidential trips
Presidents
HST Keywords
Dams - Montana - Fort Peck; Montana - Fort Peck Dam; Truman - Dignitaries - Military - Army - Pick, Lewis A.; Truman - Trips - Dams - Flood Control
People Pictured
Pick, Lewis A. (Lewis Andrew), 1890-1956
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
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Credit:
Charles J. Johnston
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
President Harry S. Truman (second from left) and General Lewis A. Pick (left), Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, inspect Fort Peck Dam, Montana, from a causeway at the top of the dam during a stopover on the President's trip to the Pacific Northwest. The dam was developed for flood control and irrigation of the upper Mississippi-Missouri River basin. From: Sister Andrea Johnston, SCL, St. Mary College, Leavenworth, Kansas 66048.
Date(s)
May 13, 1950