Box 1
Container
Contains 3 Results:
Sketch 22 - View eastward from El Sangre de Cristo Pass (Huerfano R.)
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Mounted sketches of terrain covered by three expeditions in 1853 and 1854 which were assembled to explore and survey for a possible route for a railroad through the Rocky Mountains. The contents are described in hand-written ink on the title page - The Far West. Explorations of the country from the Missisippi [sic] river to the Pacific Ocean by Gunnison, Frimont [sic], Beckuith [sic] in 1853-1854. Executed for the Congress in 1854-1855 by Schumann....
Sketch 23 - (?) near Westport, June 20, 1853
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Mounted sketches of terrain covered by three expeditions in 1853 and 1854 which were assembled to explore and survey for a possible route for a railroad through the Rocky Mountains. The contents are described in hand-written ink on the title page - The Far West. Explorations of the country from the Missisippi [sic] river to the Pacific Ocean by Gunnison, Frimont [sic], Beckuith [sic] in 1853-1854. Executed for the Congress in 1854-1855 by Schumann....
Dates:
June 20, 1853
Sketch 24 - Elk Island, Arkansas, July 20, 1853
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Mounted sketches of terrain covered by three expeditions in 1853 and 1854 which were assembled to explore and survey for a possible route for a railroad through the Rocky Mountains. The contents are described in hand-written ink on the title page - The Far West. Explorations of the country from the Missisippi [sic] river to the Pacific Ocean by Gunnison, Frimont [sic], Beckuith [sic] in 1853-1854. Executed for the Congress in 1854-1855 by Schumann....
Dates:
July 20, 1853