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Wilkins 45: Bear Valley

Date: 07 31 1849
Description: Bear Valley in Utah; sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as the Oregon Trail).

Wilki...

Drawing

Wilkins 46: Descent of Bear River Mountains

Date: 08 01 1849
Description: Bear Valley in Utah with a wagon train descending the mountains. sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Tra...
Drawing

Wilkins 47: Bear River

Date: 08 01 1849
Description: Bear Valley in Utah; sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as the Oregon Trail). Wilki...
Photograph

Marshland

Date: 
Description: View of a marshland in a country valley lined with trees.
Photograph

Rich Valley Looking Down Mill Creek Valley

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Description: Rich Valley looking down at Mill Creek Valley. There are several farmhouses among the fields.
Photograph

County Trunk F

Date: 1925
Description: View down steep road with guard rail. A car is parked on the side of the road on the right. Over the railing, there is a river and a town with a church bui...
Photograph

Scene on Pecatonica River

Date: 1925
Description: View from hill of a landscape with a winding river in a valley.
Photograph

Catholic Church Property

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of the Catholic church, residential homes, with hills and trees in the background.
Photograph

Gettysburg Battlefield Site

Date: 1863
Description: Stereograph of a scene near the site of the Gettysburg battlefield. Two men sit in a wagon in the center of the image.
Photograph

Scout with Trailer Camper and Covered Wagons

Date: 1978
Description: Scout and a Coachmen pop up camping trailer parked in a field in a valley. A row of covered wagons are behind the Scout and the camping trailer. In the bac...
Photograph

Dairy Farm and Vide Valley

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Description: Elevated view of one man and two women tending the cows near a farm building at a dairy farm in Vide Saeter, Norway. The Vide Valley is in the background.
Photograph

View of Fields in Valley

Date: 1900
Description: View from hill towards fields in a valley.
Photograph

Landscape View from Hill

Date: 1900
Description: View from hill looking across valley. There is a road, river and railroad tracks in the valley.
Photograph

A Wisconsin Valley

Date: 
Description: View looking down hill towards a tree-filled valley near Maiden Rock.
Photograph

Shoveler's Sink

Date: 09 13 2014
Description: Shoveler's Sink, a small pond, sitting in a valley of small hills dotted with trees. Ducks are swimming in the lower left portion of the pond.
Photograph

Truck on Highway

Date: 11 01 1927
Description: View from side of road towards a truck coming up a highway on hill. The highway curves around to the left, and guardrails are on the right. There is a town...

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