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Camp on the Youghiogheny River

Date: 05 06 1894
Description: Setting up camp on a bank of the Youghiogheny River. William Turville holds a canvas bag of bedding, while Jessie hands her son Fredrik a satchel from the ...
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Dam at Lock No. 2

Date: 05 06 1894
Description: Monongahela River view of a dam at Lock #2.
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Deserted Cabin

Date: 05 08 1894
Description: A deserted cabin at the mouth of a rocky ravine.
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Cultivated Hillside

Date: 05 08 1894
Description: View from the Ohio River of cultivated hillsides and houses near the shoreline.
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Indian Mound

Date: 05 11 1894
Description: South side view of an Indian Mound with a fence in front of it.
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Indian Mound

Date: 05 11 1894
Description: East side view of an Indian Mound (Big Grave).
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Cresaps Bottom

Date: 05 11 1894
Description: View of Cresap's Bottom, looking toward the Ohio shore.
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Oil Wells

Date: 05 12 1894
Description: Oil wells in front of a tree-covered landscape, with a man working.
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Davis's Run

Date: 05 12 1894
Description: View of the mouth of Davis's Run, including an arched stone passage.
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Jessie Thwaites Wiping Dishes

Date: 05 13 1894
Description: Jessie Thwaites seated outdoors near a tent wiping dishes.
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Man in a Boat

Date: 05 14 1894
Description: A man seated on a low boat floats down the Ohio River.
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Log House and Cliff

Date: 05 15 1894
Description: Exterior view of a log house at the base of a cliff. A man and a boy pose in front of the house.
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Steamboat "Sunshine"

Date: 05 27 1894
Description: View across river of the steamboat "Sunshine."
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Junk Boat

Date: 05 27 1894
Description: Several men pose on the deck of a junk boat called "Ivory Wood No. 3" on the Indian Kentucky River.
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Men and Boys

Date: 05 27 1894
Description: A small crowd of men and boys in hats on the shoreline seeing the Thwaites family off at the Indian Kentucky River.
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Camp at Crooked Creek

Date: 06 03 1894
Description: Ten-year-old Fredrik, Jessie's brother William Daniel Turvill,and Reuben Gold Thwaites, have a meal at a campsite at Crooked Creek.
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Stern-Wheel Skiff

Date: 06 03 1894
Description: View on the Ohio River of a skiff with a small paddle wheel at the stern. There are three men aboard the boat.
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Fishermen

Date: 06 04 1894
Description: Several men fishing along the edge of the water. One of them is sitting on a big tree trunk.
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Club Boat

Date: 06 04 1894
Description: Several men ride aboard a club boat, which has a sail.
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Indiana Hill

Date: 06 06 1894
Description: A large hill on the Indiana shore, with ripples from a boat visible in the foreground.

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