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Call NumberWHJ-10631; C54-3 ARTCreatorJackson, William Henry, 1843-1942Date1930SummaryView of Devil's Gate, a narrow gorge cut through a ridge by the Sweetwater River in Natrona County, Wyoming. Covered wagons drawn by horses and oxen crowd the Oregon Trail. Lettering on the canvas cover of a Conestoga wagon reads: "Ohio-Oregon." Men on horseback and on foot hold rifles.Physical Description1 photographic print : hand col. ; 23 x 34 cm (9 x 13 1/2 in.) mounted on mat board 41 x 51 cm (16 x 20 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectDevil's Gate (Wyo.)Natrona County (Wyo.)Oregon National Historic TrailSweetwater River (Wyo.)Covered wagons--Wyoming--Natrona CountyPasses (Landforms)--Wyoming--Natrona CountyPioneers--Wyoming--Natrona CountyRivers--Wyoming--Natrona CountyRock formations--Wyoming--Natrona CountyWagon trains--Wyoming--Natrona CountyWatercolorsWestward movement--Wyoming--Natrona County.CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700310631Type of MaterialArtPhotographic prints--Hand coloredOriginal Material Found in CollectionDenver Public Library Western Art CollectionNotesNo. 32 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. R7003106318DonorClarence S. Jacksonpurchase1954

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