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Denver Public Library
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Red Buttes, Wyo.
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Call Number
WHJ-10623; C54-3 ART
Creator
Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942
Date
circa 1930
Summary
A wagon train on the Oregon Trail approaches Red Buttes on Bessemer Bend beside the North Platte River in Natrona County, Wyoming. The Conestoga wagons are drawn by oxen. Wagons circle beside the river in the distance.
Physical Description
1 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 Analog
Analog
Subject
Bessemer Bend (Wyo. : River bend)--19th century
Natrona County (Wyo.)--19th century
North Platte River--19th century
Oregon National Historic Trail--19th century
Red Buttes (Natrona County, Wyo.)--19th century
Covered wagons--Wyoming--Natrona County--19th century
Pioneers--Wyoming--Natrona County--19th century
Rivers--Wyoming--Natrona County--19th century
Wagon trains--Wyoming--Natrona County--19th century
Watercolors
Westward movement--Wyoming--Natrona County--19th century
Collection
Photographs - Western History
Related Material
Image File: ZZR700310623
Type of Material
Art
Photographic prints--Hand colored
Original Material Found in Collection
Denver Public Library Western Art Collection
Notes
No. 24 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. R7003106237
Donor
Clarence S. Jackson
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1954
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Denver Public Library Special Collections, [call number]
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Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942,
Red Buttes, Wyo.
(circa 1930). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 09/02/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1124604