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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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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 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 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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Mrs. Fowe's Ranch

Date: 1902
Description: A drawing depicting Mrs. Fowe's Ranch. With mountains in the distance, the ranch consists of corrals for horses and cattle, and a modest-sized house.
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Big Horn Mountains

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Description: View from hill of the Big Horn Mountains near Buffalo.
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Eaton's Dude Ranch

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Description: Elevated view from hill of Eaton's Dude Ranch in a fertile valley near Sundance. The ranch has many buildings, and fencing with horses inside.
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Men Examining Fallen Trees

Date: 09 1910
Description: View looking down at men in a horse-drawn cart headed towards the Leighton-Wyoming mining camp on dirt road examining fallen trees, possibly from a forest ...
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Elevated View of Green River

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of the city as seen from Castle Rock.
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Elevated View of a Settled Valley

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Description: Elevated view of homes in a valley. In the foreground is a mining-car bridge, numerous buildings, and factory smokestacks. Caption reads: "Cambria, WYO."
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Cemetery

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Description: A view of a cemetery with wooden crosses and bedsteads used as fences.
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Distant Town and Cattle Grazing

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Description: Distant view of small town surrounded by rolling grassland with cattle grazing in the foreground. Caption reads, "Birds Eye View of Lander, WYO."
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Two Men with Farmall M Tractor and No.42 Combine Threshing Alfalfa

Date: 1940
Description: Three-quarter view from front right of two men, Grant Porter and L.M. Porter working in a field harvesting seed from 60 of 200 acres in alfalfa. 3200 acre ...
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Two Men Using Farmall A Tractor with Combine in Field

Date: 1940
Description: Three-quarter view from front right of two men harvesting Great Northern beans in a field in the Big Horn Basin. One man drives the Farmall A tractor, and ...
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Old Faithful Inn

Date: 1935
Description: A view of the 1904 Old Faithful Inn, located in Yellowstone National Park. An example of "rustic resort architecture," the inn has several wings, including...
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Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

Date: 1935
Description: An elevated view of the Yellowstone River winding through a narrow, rhyolite-walled canyon.

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