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Call NumberWHJ-10627; C54-3 ARTCreatorJackson, William Henry, 1843-1942Date1933SummaryView of Sweetwater Station, a stage stop, Pony Express station, and military post for the protection of emigrants, on the Oregon Trail in Natrona County, Wyoming. Shows a stagecoach, a wagon train with covered wagons drawn by oxen, a man on horseback, a bridge over the Sweetwater River, telegraph poles, and a log fort with towers and a stockade. Soldiers are near the log complex. Independence Rock and Devil's Gate are in the distance.Physical Description1 photographic print : hand col. ; 25 x 34 cm (10 x 13 1/2 in.) mounted on mat board 41 x 51 cm (16 x 20 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectIndependence Rock (Wyo.)--19th centuryNatrona County (Wyo.)--19th centuryOregon National Historic Trail--19th centurySweetwater Pony Express Station (Wyo.)--19th centurySweetwater River (Wyo.)--19th centuryForts & fortifications--Wyoming--Natrona County--19th centuryLog buildings--Wyoming--Natrona County--19th centuryPioneers--Wyoming--Natrona County--19th centuryStagecoaches--Wyoming--Natrona County--19th centuryWagon trains--Wyoming--Natrona County--19th centuryWatercolorsWestward movement--Wyoming--Natrona County--19th centuryCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700310627Type of MaterialArtPhotographic prints--Hand coloredOriginal Material Found in CollectionDenver Public Library Western Art CollectionNotesNo. 28 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. R7003106279DonorClarence S. Jacksonpurchase1954

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Sweetwater Station, Wyo.