Mountains in art.; Railroads--Colorado.; Red Rocks Park (Colo.); Morrison (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Mount Morrison (Colo.); Watercolor painting, American.; Gouache painting.;
North American Indians (Assiniboine) are gathered near tepees and lodges outside of Fort Union, a fur trade post, near the Montana boarder in North Dakota. The Fort is a log stockade with guard towers. Trade goods in crates and barrels are on the...
Assiniboine Indians--North Dakota--Fort Union--1850-1860.; Fort Union (N.D.)--1850-1860.; Forts & fortifications--North Dakota--Fort Union--1850-1860.; Fur trade--North Dakota--Fort Union--1850-1860.; Indian encampments--North Dakota--Fort...
This watercolor and gouache painting shows the "Cable Garage" at 1801 Lawrence Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. (Formerly the Denver City Cable Railway Company cable house.) The brick building has arched windows; cars are parked nearby.
Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
View of covered wagons pulled by oxen, horse-drawn covered wagons, a stagecoach, a Pony Express rider, people on horseback and on foot on the Oregon Trail near Independence Rock on the Sweetwater River in Natrona County, Wyoming. Tepees, a wagon...
Independence Rock (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Natrona County (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1860-1870.; Split Rock (Natrona County, Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Sweetwater River (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Covered wagons--Wyoming--Natrona...
A fur trading expedition leaves the area near St. Louis, Missouri. Men on horseback ride beside horse-drawn and mule-drawn Conestoga wagons on the Oregon Trail. Shows horse-drawn surreys with canvas curtains, and scouts and mountain men in...
View of a wagon train on the Oregon Trail and the Mormon Trail at Fort Kearny in Kearney County, Nebraska. Wagon masters with bullwhips, men with rifles, and women and children meet with military officers who sit on horseback. Shows ox-drawn...
Fort Kearny (Neb.)--1850-1870.; Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail--1850-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1850-1870.; Platte River (Neb.)--1850-1870.; Covered wagons--Nebraska--Fort Kearny--1850-1870.; Forts &...
View of a wagon train on the "Sunflower Trail" (probably the Mormon Trail.) Shows ox-drawn and mule-drawn covered wagons, men, women, and children on foot, and men on horseback. A man herds horses with a bullwhip. Mountains are in the distance.
Buffalo stampede across the Platte River near Fort Kearny in Kearney County, Nebraska. Men on horseback with rifles hunt the animals. A wagon train is on the Oregon Trail near the fort. Shows ox-drawn Conestoga wagons. An American flag is on a flag...
Fort Kearny (Neb.)--1850-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1850-1870.; Platte River (Neb.)--1850-1870.; Bison hunting--Nebraska--Nebraska City--1850-1870.; Covered wagons--Nebraska--Nebraska City--1850-1870.; Forts &...
View of a wagon train on the Overland Trail. Conestoga wagons approach or ford the South Platte River at the Upper California Crossing in Sedgwick County, Colorado. Shows ox-driven wagons, people camped beside wagons, and North American Indians on...
Indians of North America--Colorado--Sedgwick County--1860-1870.; Overland Trails--1860-1870.; Sedgwick County (Colo.)--1860-1870.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1860-1870.; Camping--Colorado--Sedgwick County--1860-1870.; Covered...
A wagon train moves towards the North Platte River and Chimney Rock, on the Oregon Trail, in Morrill County, Nebraska. Shows Conestoga wagons pulled by oxen, a herd of horses, men on horseback, and women and children. A boy holds a rifle and a dead...
Chimney Rock (Neb.)--1840-1870.; Morrill County (Neb.)--1840-1870.; North Platte River--1840-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1840-1870.; Covered wagons--Nebraska--Morrill County--1840-1870.; Pioneers--Nebraska--Morrill County--1840-1870.;...
North American Indians on horseback charge a wagon train on the Oregon Trail near Chimney Rock in Merrill County, Nebraska. Indians carry rifles and coup sticks. Shows Conestoga wagons drawn by oxen and men on horseback.
Indians of North America--War--Nebraska--Morrill County--1840-1870.; Chimney Rock (Neb.)--1840-1870.; Merrill County (Neb.)--1840-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1840-1870.; Horseback riding--Nebraska--Morrill County--1840-1870.; Rock...
View of a U shaped building and a stockade with horses at Fort Mitchell in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. People gather around a campfire near a covered wagon. Cavalry troops ride toward a pack train on the Oregon Trail. A wagon train and Scotts...
Fort Mitchell (Neb.)--1860-1870.; North Platte River--1860-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1860-1870.; Scotts Bluff National Monument (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Scottsbluff (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Cavalry--Nebraska--Fort Mitchell--1860-1870.; Forts &...
A wagon train travels over Mitchell Pass on the Oregon Trail in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska (later Scotts Bluff National Monument.) A man on horseback, and a wagon master with a bull whip, are near a Conestoga wagon pulled by twelve oxen. Eagle...
Eagle Rock (Neb.)--1850-1870.; Mitchell Pass (Neb.)--1850-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1850-1870.; Scotts Bluff County (Neb.)--1850-1870.; Scotts Bluff National Monument (Neb.)--1850-1870.; Horseback riding--Nebraska--Scotts Bluff...
A wagon train climbs Mitchell Pass on the Oregon Trail in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska (later Scotts Bluff National Monument.) Wagon masters crack their whips over ox teams that pull Conestoga wagons. Eagle Rock and bluffs are in the distance.
Eagle Rock (Neb.)--1850-1870.; Mitchell Pass (Neb.)--1850-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1850-1870.; Scotts Bluff County (Neb.)--1850-1870.; Scotts Bluff National Monument (Neb.)--1850-1870.; Ox teams--Nebraska--Scotts Bluff...
A wagon train on the Oregon Trail approaches Fort Laramie in Goshen County, Wyoming. Oxen drawn Conestoga wagons ford the Laramie River. North American Indian tipis are on both sides of the river. The adobe fort has towers and battlements. Laramie...
Fort Laramie (Wyo. : Fort)--1840-1850.; Goshen County (Wyo.)--1840-1850.; Laramie River (Colo. and Wyo.)--1840-1850.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1840-1850.; Covered wagons--Wyoming--Fort Laramie--1840-1850.; Forts &...
A wagon train moves toward a steep valley on the Oregon Trail in Albany County, Wyoming. La Bonte Creek is in the valley and Laramie Peak is in the distance.
Albany County (Wyo.)--1850-1870.; La Bonte Creek (Wyo.)--1850-1870.; Laramie Peak (Wyo.)--1850-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1850-1870.; Streams--Wyoming--Albany County--1850-1870.; Valleys--Wyoming--Albany County--1850-1870.; Wagon...
View of a wooden bridge over the North Platte River, on the Oregon Trail, at Fort Caspar near present day Casper (Natrona County), Wyoming. A wagon train, with ox-drawn covered wagons, crosses the bridge. North American Indian and white men with...
Fort Caspar (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; North Platte River--1860-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1860-1870.; Bridges--Wyoming--Fort Caspar--1860-1870.; Log buildings--Wyoming--Fort Caspar--1860-1870.; Pioneers--Wyoming--Fort Caspar--1860-1870.;...
A wagon train on the Oregon Trail approaches Red Buttes on Bessemer Bend beside the North Platte River in Natrona County, Wyoming. The Conestoga wagons are drawn by oxen. Wagons circle beside the river in the distance.
Bessemer Bend (Wyo. : River bend)--1840-1850.; Natrona County (Wyo.)--1840-1850.; North Platte River--1840-1850.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1840-1850.; Red Buttes (Natrona County, Wyo.)--1840-1850.; Covered wagons--Wyoming--Natrona...
Men, women and a dog sit or stand on Independence Rock in Natrona County, Wyoming. A man uses a hammer and chisel to inscribe letters in the granite. Inscriptions read: "S.R. '49, W.H[?] 1860" and "J.H. 1850." Shows the Sweetwater River, a wagon...
Independence Rock (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Natrona County (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1860-1870.; Sweetwater Pony Express Station (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Sweetwater River (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Sweetwater River Valley...
View of Sweetwater Station, a stage stop, Pony Express station, and military post for the protection of emigrants, on the Oregon Trail in Natrona County, Wyoming. Shows a stagecoach, a wagon train with covered wagons drawn by oxen, a man on...
Independence Rock (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Natrona County (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1860-1870.; Sweetwater Pony Express Station (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Sweetwater River (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Forts & fortifications--Wyoming--Natrona...
A wagon train is circled near the Oregon Train, beside the Sweetwater River, in Natrona County, Wyoming. Men on horseback herd oxen from the camp and covered wagons to the river. Shows Split Rock, a granite rock formation.
Natrona County (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1860-1870.; Split Rock (Natrona County, Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Sweetwater River (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Cattle--Wyoming--Natrona County--1860-1870.; Covered wagons--Wyoming--Natrona...
A wagon train on the Oregon Trail moves through South Pass in Fremont County, Wyoming. Shows covered wagons drawn by horses and oxen. Men ride horseback; one drives a herd of horses. The Sweetwater River and the snow covered Wind River Mountains...
Fremont County (Wyo.)--1850-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1850-1870.; South Pass (Wyo.)--1850-1870.; Sweetwater River (Wyo.)--1850-1870.; Wind River Range (Wyo.)--1850-1870.; Covered wagons--Wyoming--Fremont County--1850-1870.; Horseback...
View of Fort Bridger on the Oregon Trail in Uinta County, Wyoming. Shows a stockade with log buildings and another with horses. A wagon train is camped in a circle near the Blacks Fork river. Horses and oxen graze nearby. A Conestoga wagon fords...
Indians of North America--Wyoming--Fort Bridger--1850-1870.; Blacks Fork (Utah and Wyo.)--1850-1870.; Fort Bridger (Wyo.)--1850-1870.; Fort Bridger State Historic Site (Fort Bridger, Wyo.)--1850-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1850-1870.;...
View of a wagon train on the Mormon Trail in Echo Canyon in Summit County, Utah. Covered wagons pulled by oxen, and men, women and children on foot and on horseback travel beside Echo Creek. Shows red canyon walls above the trail.
Echo Canyon (Summit County, Utah)--1850-1870.; Echo Creek (Utah)--1850-1870.; Mormon Pioneer Historic National Trail--1850-1870.; Summit County (Utah)--1850-1870.; Canyons--Utah--Summit County--1850-1870.; Cliffs--Utah--Summit County--1850-1870.;...
A wagon train follows the Oregon Trail through the Blue Mountains in Oregon. Conestoga wagons pulled by oxen ford a small stream and climb a steep pass in the distance. Men, women and children walk or ride beside the wagons. The men carry rifles.
Blue Mountains (Or. and Wash.)--1850-1870.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1850-1870.; Covered wagons--Oregon--1850-1870.; Fords (Stream crossings)--Oregon--1850-1870.; Passes (Landforms)--Oregon--1850-1870.; Wagon trains--Oregon--1850-1870.;...
Pioneers camp beside their covered wagons outside of Fort Hall on the Snake River in Bannock County, Idaho. The fort has mud brick walls with corner towers and a gate. Tents and tipis are in the trees near the river. A pack train moves along the...
Bannock County (Idaho)--1840-1860.; Fort Hall (Idaho : Fort)--1840-1860.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1840-1860.; Snake River (Wyo.-Wash.)--1840-1860.; Camping--Idaho--Fort Hall--1840-1860.; Covered wagons--Idaho--Fort Hall--1840-1860.; Forts &...
A pack train moves along the Oregon Trail near Fort Hall in Bannock County, Idaho. The fort is constructed of mud bricks and has towers, a gate, and gun slots. North American Indians (Shoshone or Bannock) on horseback approach the entrance to the...
Indians of North America--Idaho--Fort Hall--1840-1860.; Bannock County (Idaho)--1840-1860.; Fort Hall (Idaho : Fort)--1840-1860.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1840-1860.; Snake River (Wyo.-Wash.)--1840-1860.; Covered wagons--Idaho--Fort...
A Mormon wagon train travels down the steep Mormon Trail into the Great Salt Lake Valley in Utah. The men, women, and children ride in wagons, are on horseback, or walk beside the ox-drawn Conestoga wagons. Streams flow into the Great Salt Lake in...
Mormon pioneers--Utah--1840-1850.; Great Salt Lake (Utah)--1840-1850.; Great Salt Lake Valley (Utah)--1840-1850.; Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail--1840-1850.; Covered wagons--Utah--1840-1850.; Lakes & ponds--Utah--1840-1850.; Sunrises &...
View of the Barlow Cutoff, a trail between the Oregon Trail and Barlow Road, in Sherman County, Oregon. Shows ox-drawn wagons mired in the mud. Men push a wagon; men, women and children walk beside the wagon train. Mount Hood is in the distance.
Barlow Cutoff (Or.)--1850-1870.; Hood, Mount (Or.)--1850-1870.; Sherman County (Or.)--1850-1870.; Covered wagons--Oregon--Sherman County--1850-1870.; Pioneers--Oregon--Sherman County--1850-1870.; Wagon trains--Oregon--Sherman County--1850-1870.;...
A wagon train on the Oregon Trail approaches the North Platte River in Nebraska. Men, women, children and dogs walk or ride in bullock drawn Conestoga wagons. Chimney Rock and Scotts Bluff are in the distance. People wave at a Pony Express rider...
Chimney Rock (Neb.)--1860-1870.; North Platte River--1860-1870.; Covered wagons--Nebraska--1860-1870.; Horseback riding--Nebraska--1860-1870.; Pioneers--Nebraska--1860-1870.; Pony express--Nebraska--1860-1870.; Rivers--Nebraska--1860-1870.; Rock...
A Pony Express rider waves at a telegraph line construction crew on possibly the Oregon Trail. The crew waves back. North American Indians, on horseback, are on a ridge nearby. A wagon train and snow capped mountains are in the distance.
Indians of North America--1860-1870.; Horseback riding--1860-1870.; Linemen--1860-1870.; Pony Express--1860-1870.; Telegraph lines--1860-1870.; Wagon trains--1860-1870.; Watercolors--1930-1940.; Westward movement--1860-1870.
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.; Mountain passes--Pictorial works.; Mountains in art.; Watercolor painting, American.; Marshall Pass (Colo.); Watercolors (Paintings)
Reproduction shows painting of Wall Street (Delphi), Boulder County, Colorado; shows Colorado and Northwestern Railroad tracks; businesses include: hotel, store, barn, boarding house, blacksmith shop, and Wall Street Tunnel.
Colorado and Northwestern Railway Company--1890-1900.; Wall Street (Colo.)--1890-1900.
Photograph of a painting by Charles H. Harmon depicting rock formation Seven Castles near Basalt, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; passenger train is paralleled by Fryingpan River in valley.
Basalt (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fryingpan River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Basalt--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Basalt--1900-1910.; Rock formations--Colorado--Basalt--1900-1910.; Colorado Midland Railway.
Copy of a Charles H. Harmon painting shows the Georgetown Loop, High Bridge in Clear Creek Canyon; Argentine Central Railway (Colorado and Southern) trains on track.
Argentine Central Railway Company--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1920.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Harmon, Charles H.
Photograph of a painting by E. Irving Couse shows a Native American (Taos Pueblo) man as he kneels before a lit fireplace and a large decorated pot; he wears a loincloth, armband, and moccasins. A painted symbol in upper left corner reads: "Santa...
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Public relations--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Pueblo Indians--1900-1920.; Taos Indians--1900-1920.; Fireplaces--1900-1920.
Reproduction of a painting shows a Native American Hopi Pueblo Snake Dance with dancers wearing kilts and body paint, carrying snakes in their mouths and hands, Hopi Mesas, Arizona.
Hopi Indians--Dance--Arizona--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--1900-1910.; Snake dance--Arizona--1900-1910.
A train makes its way down Clear Creek Canyon in Jefferson County, Colorado. Clear Creek is nearby.
Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Colorado--Jefferson County--1870-1880.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Jefferson County--1870-1880.; Streams--Colorado--Jefferson...
Photograph of a painting, artist unknown, of James Peak (elevation 13,294 feet), Boulder Park, Colorado (also called Mammoth, later called Tolland) and "Giants Ladder" of Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway (later called Denver & Salt Lake);...
James Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Boulder Creek (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Tolland (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--Tolland--1900-1920.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
Photograph of a painting by W. Bancroft (possibly William Henry Bancroft) depicting Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway (also called Cripple Creek Short Line), Colorado; romanticized canyon view with three Short Line trains at top...
Canyons--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Short Line.
Photograph of a painting by W. Bancroft (possibly William Henry Bancroft) depicting Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway (also called Cripple Creek Short Line), Colorado; two elevations of standard gauge track with two passenger...
Canyons--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.