File:Projectile Point (FOUS 16785) (655dbb93-1dd8-b71b-0b5a-c8813b97df93).JPG

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English: Projectile Point (FOUS 16785)
Photographer
English: NPS photo
Title
English: Projectile Point (FOUS 16785)
Publisher
English: U.S. National Park Service
Description
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Iron projectile point.

Iron projectile points such as this one could have been forged on site by the Fort Union’s blacksmith. What metal might the blacksmith have used? The hoops around barrels containing trade goods shipped upriver from St. Louis was one common source of metal.

  • Keywords: fort; union; trading; post; national; historic; site; artifacts; trade; plains; indians; american; fous
Depicted place
English: Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Date Taken on 28 December 2016
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655dbb93-1dd8-b71b-0b5a-c8813b97df93
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English: NPGallery
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Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
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FOUS

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