Ox-drawn wagons approach Independence Rock, a granite rock formation on the Oregon Trail, beside the Sweetwater River in Natrona County, Wyoming. A man with a rifle rides horseback near the wagons. Devils Gate, a gap in a rock formation, is in the distance.
Description
1 photographic print : hand col. ; 23 x 34 cm. (9 x 13 1/2 in.) mounted on mat board 41 x 51 cm. (16 x 20 in.)
Is Part Of
Denver Public Library Western Art Collection
Subject
Devil's Gate (Wyo.)--19th century; Independence Rock (Wyo.)--19th century; Natrona County (Wyo.)--19th century; Oregon National Historic Trail--19th century; Sweetwater River (Wyo.)--19th century; Covered wagons--Wyoming--Natrona County--19th century; Horseback riding--Wyoming--Natrona County--19th century; Pioneers--Wyoming--Natrona County--19th century; Rivers--Wyoming--Natrona County--19th century; Rock formations--Wyoming--Natrona County--19th century; Watercolors--1930-1940; Westward movement--Wyoming--Natrona County--19th century
Format-Medium
Art; Photograph
Rights Contact Information
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image File: ZZR700310625
Notes
"No. 26" inked on verso.; Photographic print of a watercolor by William Henry Jackson, from the William Henry Jackson Collection at Scotts Bluff National Monument, hand colored by Clarence S. Jackson.; Title penciled on mat board.; R7003106253
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