Site of Perrot's Wintering Post | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

Photograph

Site of Perrot's Wintering Post

Site of Perrot's Wintering Post | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
Elevated view of two men on a rock formation in the foreground, one man sitting, and one man standing holding a flag. Below them is the Mississippi River and bluffs on the opposite shoreline. Site of Perrot's wintering post, 1885-1886. The label below the photograph identifies: The Minnesota Range of Bluffs, The Mississippi River, Bayou to the Ruins, Ruins, The Burlington R.R., Mt. Trempealeau, Brady's Bluff, and McCarty's Bluff Quarry of the Trempealeau Range of Bluffs.
DESCRIPTION
Elevated view of two men on a rock formation in the foreground, one man sitting, and one man standing holding a flag. Below them is the Mississippi River and bluffs on the opposite shoreline. Site of Perrot's wintering post, 1885-1886. The label below the photograph identifies: The Minnesota Range of Bluffs, The Mississippi River, Bayou to the Ruins, Ruins, The Burlington R.R., Mt. Trempealeau, Brady's Bluff, and McCarty's Bluff Quarry of the Trempealeau Range of Bluffs.
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:152425
Creation Date:circa 1880
Creator Name:Tenney, Chas A.
City:Trempealeau
County:Trempealeau
State:Wisconsin
Collection Name:Subject albums, 1753?-1990? (bulk circa 1850s-circa 1950s)
Genre:Photograph
Original Format Type:photographic print, b&w
Original Format Number:PH 7119, Album 12.44
Original Dimensions:8.75 x 8.25 inches
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Album 12 (Early American Frontier Forts)
SUBJECTS
Fields (Agriculture)
Trees
Clothing and dress
Hats
Formations (Geology)
Hills
Islands
Landscape
Men
Outdoor photography
Flags
Railroads
Mississippi River

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