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Fort Smith Bluffs

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Description: The Fort Smith Bluffs at the Big Horn Ditch on the Crow Reservation in northeast Wyoming.
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Fort Smith Bluffs

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Description: The Fort Smith Bluffs at the Big Horn Ditch on the Crow Reservation in northeast Wyoming.
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Mountain Slide

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Description: Men work at a mountain slide at the head gate of the Big Horn Ditch on the Crow Reservation in northeast Wyoming.
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Big Horn Ditch Head Gate

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Description: The head gate at the Big Horn Ditch on the Crow Reservation in northeast Wyoming. Men are working with cranes near a tent with a chimney spewing out smoke.
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Big Horn Ditch Head Gate

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Description: The head gate at the Big Horn Ditch on the Crow Reservation in northeast Wyoming.
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Big Horn Ditch Head Gate

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Description: A front view of the head gate of the Big Horn Ditch on the Crow Reservation in northeast Wyoming.
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Big Horn Ditch Head Gate

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Description: The head gate of the Big Horn Ditch on the Crow Reservation in northeast Wyoming.
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Big Horn Ditch Head Gate

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Description: The head gate of the Big Horn Ditch on the Crow Reservation in northeast Wyoming.
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Big Horn Ditch Head Gate

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Description: The head gate of the Big Horn Ditch on the Crow Reservation in northeast Wyoming.
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Wilkins 26: Ferrying Wagons at North Platte

Date: 07 03 1849
Description: Wilkins' wagons ferrying across the North Platte River in eastern Wyoming; sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Ov...
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Wilkins 27: Buttes on Sweetwater

Date: 07 07 1849
Description: The Buttes, Wyoming and Sweetwater River; sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as the O...
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Wilkins 29: Clay Hills Along Sweetwater River

Date: 07 10 1849
Description: The clay hills that were formed by the Sweetwater River in Wyoming; sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland ...
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Wilkins 30: Independence Rock

Date: 07 10 1849
Description: Independence Rock (the perceived midway point on the Oregon Trail),Wyoming, with two wagons unhitched at the base of the rock; sketched by Wilkins on his 1...
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Wilkins 31: Devil's Gate

Date: 07 10 1849
Description: Devil's Gate in Wyoming; sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as the Oregon Trail).
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Wilkins 32: Sweetwater River

Date: 07 11 1849
Description: Sweetwater River in Wyoming; sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as the Oregon Trail).
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Wilkins 33: First View of Rocky Mountains

Date: 07 12 1849
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...
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Wilkins 34: Trail Towards South Pass

Date: 07 13 1849
Description: The trail at Rocky Ridge, showing wagon train, that Wilkins was taking to get to the South Pass in Wyoming; sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from...
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Wilkins 20: Laramie Peak

Date: 06 29 1849
Description: Laramie Peak in Wyoming; Sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as the Oregon Trail).
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Wilkins 37: Ferry at Green River

Date: 07 22 1849
Description: The Ferry at Green River in Wyoming; a single wagon is crossing the river. Sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Ov...
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Wilkins 40: Continued from Cathedral Rock

Date: 07 24 1849
Description: Cathedral Rock in Wyoming; sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as the Oregon Trail).

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