Call NumberZ-3809Date1870-1880SummaryPassengers and spectators are at the "Chicago & St. Louis RR Station" to await the departure of the "C. & St. L. RR" (Chicago and St. Louis Railroad) train in Chicago (Cook County), Illinois. Uniformed soldiers, escorts for the settlers who are en route to Fremont County, Colorado, stand beside railroad passenger cars. Banners on the train read: "Westward the star of empire takes its course, German Colorado Co., Organized Chicago, August 24, 1869, Carl Wulsten Pres. under auspices of National Land Co." and "Westward Ho." Shows United States flags and sail ship masts.Physical Description1 print : wood engraving ; 19 x 25 cm (17 1/2 x 10 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectChicago (Ill.)--19th centuryInternal migration--Illinois--Chicago--19th centuryRailroad stations--Illinois--Chicago--19th centuryRailroads--Illinois--Chicago--19th centurySoldiers--Illinois--Chicago--19th centurySpectators--Illinois--Chicago--19th centuryCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR711003809; Harper's weekly.Type of MaterialClippingsFilm negativesWood engravingsNotesFormerly F42519, F24519; Newspaper clipping attached to tear sheet describes the image. Tear sheet consists of page 197, removed from Harper's weekly. Title and "[See Page 203.]" printed on clipping. Library owns additional iterations of this image in various formats: 1 copy negative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.). R7110038098
Departure of a colony of emigrants for Colorado (1870-1880). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 15/08/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1131833
