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Map or Atlas

Expedition Map of Major S.H. Long

Date: 1823
Description: In 1823 U.S. Army major Stephen H. Long led an expedition of scientific, trade, and military investigation up the Mississippi River and the Red River of th...
Photograph

Voyageurs at Fort William

Date: 1860
Description: Nine men arrive at Fort William by canoe. Fort William, also called Kaministiguia, was the Hudson's Bay fur trading post. Men are standing along the opposi...
Photograph

Portaging at Curtain Falls

Date: 
Description: View of men and young boys with canoes pulled up on rocks near a rapids during an unidentified wilderness canoe trip led by Sigurd Olson.
Book or Pamphlet

James Expedition Map

Date: 02 1823
Description: A map featuring the North American expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains led by Edwin James.
Photograph

Stopping for Lunch

Date: 1907
Description: View down shoreline towards the travelers pausing in their canoe journey to have lunch on the riverbank below Gordon Dam.
Photograph

Pond and Ole Leaving In Salah

Date: 1925
Description: Alonzo Pond riding a camel named Ole Olson in In Salah, Algeria. There is a Beloit College pennant on the side of the camel.

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