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| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Pic Island on the north shore of Lake Superior. |
| Date: | 02 21 1874 |
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| Description: | African American boatmen run a rapids in a small river boat. |
| Date: | 06 30 1849 |
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| Description: | The Black Hills sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as the Oregon Trail). |
| Date: | 07 12 1849 |
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| Description: | Wilkins' first sighting of the Rocky Mountains; sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as... |
| Date: | 08 01 1849 |
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| Description: | Bear Valley in Utah with a wagon train descending the mountains. sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Tra... |
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| Description: | "Conveying Provisions over the Ozark Mountains to the Army at Springfield, MO." Men on horseback are riding along a trail carrying supplies. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | A hand-drawn cartoon in crayon entitled "Westward The Course Of Empire". It features Frederick Jackson Turner on a rocking horse with a sunset in the backg... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Drawing of a railroad employee standing on a handcar on the tracks painting the surface of a "tunnel" with a brush. Another man is looking at him with a ha... |
| Date: | 1867 |
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| Description: | A map and profile map of the railroad line from Omaha to San Francisco. |
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