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G. Gullockson Farmstead

Date: 1876
Description: View, from above, of what may be the G. Gullockson farmstead. A frame house is in the left foreground, with a large group of men, women and children standi...
Drawing

Conveying Provisions over the Ozark Mountains

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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.
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Wortman's Road House

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Description: Exterior view of Wortman's Road House, on the Fairbanks-Valdez trail in Alaska, with horse-drawn sleds and people and dogs in front of a number of building...
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Yost's Road House

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Description: View of men and sleds outside Yost's Road House on the Valdez-Fairbanks Trail. Mountains can be seen in the background. Caption reads: "Yost's Road House, ...
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Lakeshore Path at Park Street

Date: 04 20 1927
Description: The Lakeshore path at the foot of Park Street and Lake Mendota (right), from the west terrace of Memorial Union on the University of Wisconsin-Madison camp...
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Chief Black Hawk Statue

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Description: Sculpted by Lorado Taft, and dedicated in 1911, this statue of a Native American man wrapped in a blanket stands 48 feet tall and was originally named "The...
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Camelback Inn Guests on Horseback

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Description: Guests at the Cambelback Inn ride horses along a mountain pass. The trail is surrounded by foliage and cacti.
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Pack Train

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Description: A man leads a pack train of mules laden with packages down a trail near Dawson, Yukon Territory, Canada. Caption reads: "Packtrain, Dawson, Y.T."
Postcard

The Return From the Alps

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Description: Color postcard of a Swiss farmer returning home with his animals. Many of the animals, and five of the shepherds, are labeled with a name. The path loops b...
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The Best Fishing Grounds in Wisconsin

Date: 1925
Description: View down dirt road along the shoreline of Crystal Lake. A man and a child stand under a tree's shade, near a pier where a man is seated on the dock. There...
Photograph

Lao Infantrymen Hiking

Date: 05 1961
Description: Colonel Bounchon's Lao Infantry men on mission to lay explosives behind lines. Three men are hiking up a hill. Rolling green mountains are visible in the b...
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Pack Train

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Description: View from a distance of a pack train winding up a mountain on the Fairbanks-Valdez Trail. A man pushing a bicycle is at the end of the group. Copyright by ...
Photograph

Ox Team

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Description: View uphill of a team of oxen with a wagon stacked with lumber. In the background, men gather outside a general store located in the Raton Mountains, betwe...
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Mule Train

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Description: View downhill of a mule train with mail and freight in the mountains on the Fairbanks-Valdez Trail. Published by A.J. Johnson and Hall's Book Store. Copyr...
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Stages Meeting on the Delta

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Description: View of two stagecoaches meeting on the Fairbanks-Valdez Trail.
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Stagecoach and Wagon Train

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Description: View from field of a stagecoach and a wagon train meeting on a trail in British Columbia, Canada.
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Mirror Lake

Date: 1908
Description: Ruth and Miriam Bennett on a wooden walkway at Mirror Lake.
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Men in the Backwoods

Date: 1930
Description: Men, either campers or fishermen, portaging a canoe through backwoods cut-over forest area.
Painting

Expedition with Supply Cart

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Description: An illustration created using cutout photographs and white, gray and black paint on cream colored paper. The scene depicts, in profile, a man pulling a loa...
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Devil's Lake State Park

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Description: Elevated view of a man standing on a rock looking over a frozen Devil's Lake in front of a Balanced Rock. Original caption: "There are some startling rock ...

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