Fort Rice | |
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Psíŋ Otȟúŋwahe | |
Fort Rice (Lakota: Psíŋ Otȟúŋwahe; "Wild Rice Village") was a frontier military fort in the 19th century named for American Civil War General James Clay Rice in what was then Dakota Territory and what is now North Dakota.[1] The 50th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment became the garrison in October 1865.