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- A Party of Emigrants to California, Crossing the Plains, 1852 - Soon after the Mexican-American War ended in 1848, the newly acquired territory of California became the destination of hundreds of thousands of Americans, especially after gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill outside Sacramento. The California Gold Rush pulled Americans across the continent. This wood engraving is one of the few known portrayals of the migrations created at that time.
- January 01, 1852
- Collections - Artifact
A Party of Emigrants to California, Crossing the Plains, 1852
Soon after the Mexican-American War ended in 1848, the newly acquired territory of California became the destination of hundreds of thousands of Americans, especially after gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill outside Sacramento. The California Gold Rush pulled Americans across the continent. This wood engraving is one of the few known portrayals of the migrations created at that time.
- Troops at Fort Phil Kearny, Wyoming Territory, 1888, Exhuming Bodies of Soldiers Killed in the 1866 "Fetterman Fight" - In 1866, members of Lakota (Sioux), Tsistsistas (Cheyenne), and Hiinono'ei (Arapaho) tribes wiped out Captain Fetterman and his command near Fort Phil Kearney, blunting U.S. efforts to establish outposts in the Powder River region of Wyoming and Montana. The soldiers' bodies were interred at the fort but were left when the military abandoned the post two years later. In 1888, U.S. troops returned to exhume the bodies.
- 1888
- Collections - Artifact
Troops at Fort Phil Kearny, Wyoming Territory, 1888, Exhuming Bodies of Soldiers Killed in the 1866 "Fetterman Fight"
In 1866, members of Lakota (Sioux), Tsistsistas (Cheyenne), and Hiinono'ei (Arapaho) tribes wiped out Captain Fetterman and his command near Fort Phil Kearney, blunting U.S. efforts to establish outposts in the Powder River region of Wyoming and Montana. The soldiers' bodies were interred at the fort but were left when the military abandoned the post two years later. In 1888, U.S. troops returned to exhume the bodies.
- "The Motor Boys Across the Plains," 1907 - <em>The Motor Boys Across the Plains</em> follows the exploits of three friends Bob, Ned, and Jerry. In this story, the young heroes find adventure helping a mysterious hermit and fighting claim jumpers after a lost gold mine. The Motor Boys was a popular series of books written for boys in the early 1900s.
- 1907
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"The Motor Boys Across the Plains," 1907
The Motor Boys Across the Plains follows the exploits of three friends Bob, Ned, and Jerry. In this story, the young heroes find adventure helping a mysterious hermit and fighting claim jumpers after a lost gold mine. The Motor Boys was a popular series of books written for boys in the early 1900s.