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- "Power for Supremacy: The Pacific Northwest," 1923 -
- 1923
- Collections - Artifact
"Power for Supremacy: The Pacific Northwest," 1923
- "Crossing the Hellgate River Jan 6th 1854" Lithograph - In the early 1850s, the United States government sent out survey parties to explore four possible transcontinental railroad routes. Illustrators accompanied these expeditions and created prints that became part of the final report. One team investigated the northernmost route from St. Paul, Minnesota, to Washington's Puget Sound. The print copied in this photograph depicts the perilous crossing of Montana's frozen Hellgate River along this route.
- January 06, 1854
- Collections - Artifact
"Crossing the Hellgate River Jan 6th 1854" Lithograph
In the early 1850s, the United States government sent out survey parties to explore four possible transcontinental railroad routes. Illustrators accompanied these expeditions and created prints that became part of the final report. One team investigated the northernmost route from St. Paul, Minnesota, to Washington's Puget Sound. The print copied in this photograph depicts the perilous crossing of Montana's frozen Hellgate River along this route.