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Old Fort Mitchell near Scott's Bluff, Neb.

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Call NumberWHJ-10615; C54-3 ARTAlternate TitleFort MitchellCreatorJackson, William Henry, 1843-1942Date1933SummaryView 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 Bluff (later Scotts Bluff National Monument) are in the distance. A North American Indian encampment is beside the North Platte River.Physical Description1 photographic print : hand col. ; 24 x 34 cm (9 1/2 x 13 1/2 in.) mounted on mat board 41 x 51 cm (16 x 20 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectFort Mitchell (Neb.)--19th centuryNorth Platte River--19th centuryOregon National Historic Trail--19th centuryScotts Bluff National Monument (Neb.)--19th centuryScottsbluff (Neb.)--19th centuryCavalry--Nebraska--Fort Mitchell--19th centuryForts & fortifications--Nebraska--Fort Mitchell--19th centuryPack trains--Nebraska--Fort Mitchell--19th centuryRivers--Nebraska--Fort Mitchell--19th centuryWagon trains--Nebraska--Fort Mitchell--19th centuryWatercolorsWestward movement--Nebraska--Fort Mitchell--19th centuryCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700310615Type of MaterialArtPhotographic prints--Hand coloredOriginal Material Found in CollectionDenver Public Library Western Art CollectionNotesTitle of original: Fort Mitchell. "No. 16" 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. R7003106156DonorClarence S. Jacksonpurchase1954

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Old Fort Mitchell near Scott's Bluff, Neb.