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Title

Crossing the plains : print

Publisher

Sacramento : Barber & Baker

Date

[ca. 1850]

Description

1 print ; 28 x 22.5 cm.

Subject(s)

Westward movement--United States (3), Pioneers--West (U.S.) (3), Transportation--California--Sacramento County (202), Sacramento (Calif.) (782), West (U.S.) (24), Sacramento County (Calif.) (130)

Prints (97), Paintings (7)

Summary

Print by unidentified artist. Captions: Emigrant train passing Wind River Mountains; Sioux Indians; Court House Rock; Chimney Rock; Laramie Peak; Indians chasing buffaloes, Scott's Bluffs; First night on the plains; Scene on the desert; Driving stock across the plains; California Indians; Mouth of Ash Hollow; Devil's Gate; Castle Rock.

Owning
Institution

Center for Sacramento History

Copyright

Call
Number

1982/004/00161

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