Title: James F. Wilkins Overland Trail Drawings
Inclusive Dates: 1849

Creator:

• Wilkins, James F.

Call Number: PH 374 (5)

Quantity: 50 drawings (4 flat boxes)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Drawings made by James F. Wilkins during his 1849 trip along the Overland Trail. The drawings, which document his journey from Weston, Missouri, to Steamboat Springs, Colorado, include views of Fort Leavenworth, Fort Kearny, Chimney Rock, the Black Hills, Independence Rock, and Cathedral Rock.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ph00374

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PH 374 (5) Box   1 Folder   1	Fort Leavenworth Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   2 Folder   2	Landing at Weston, 1849 May 2 Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   2 Folder   3	Ferry of the Nodaway Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   1 Folder   4	Nodaway Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   2 Folder   5	Nodaway Mill Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   2 Folder   6	A prairie farm in Missouri Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   2 Folder   7	Undulating prairies Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   2 Folder   8	Crossing a creek Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   2 Folder   9	Bottom lands along the Missouri Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   1 Folder   10	Old Fort Kearny Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   1 Folder   11	The deserted Pawnee village Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   1 Folder   12	Fort Childs or New Fort Kearny, 1849 June 3 Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   1 Folder   13	Crossing the South Platte Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   2 Folder   14	Lone tree with Indian burial, 1849 circa June 18 Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   2 Folder   15	Jail and Courthouse Rocks, 1849 June 20 Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   1 Folder   16	Chimney Rock, 1849 June 21 Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   1 Folder   17	Hills along the Platte Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   2 Folder   18	Fort Laramie, 1849 June 24 Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   2 Folder   19	Fording Laramie Creek, 1849 June 27 Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   2 Folder   20	Laramie Peak, 1849 June 29 Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   3 Folder   21	Black Hills, 1849 June 20 [30?] Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   3 Folder   22	Red Hills, 1849 June 20 [30?] Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   3 Folder   23	In the Black Hills Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   3 Folder   24	In the Black Hills Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   3 Folder   25	Black Hills, 1849 July 3 Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   3 Folder   26	Ferrying wagons at [North] Platte, 1849 July 3 Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   3 Folder   27	Buttes on Sweetwater, 1849 July 7 Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   1 Folder   28	Sweet Water buttes, 1849 July 10 Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   3 Folder   29	Clay hills along the Sweetwater, 1849 July 10 Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   3 Folder   30	Independence Rock, 1849 July 10 Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   3 Folder   31	Devil's Gate, 1849 July 10 Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   3 Folder   32	Sweet Water, 1849 July 11 Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   3 Folder   33	First view of the Rocky Mountains Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   3 Folder   34	Trail towards south pass, 1849 July 13 Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   1 Folder   35	South pass, 1849 July 16 Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   1 Folder   36	Pacific Springs, 1849 July 17 Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   4 Folder   37	Ferry at Green River, 1849 July 22 Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   1 Folder   38	River near Green River, 1849 July 23 Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   1 Folder   39	Cathedral Rock, 1849 July 24 Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   4 Folder   40	Continued from Cathedral Rock Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   4 Folder   41	Clay Bluffs, 1849 July 24 Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   4 Folder   42	Fort Bridger, 1849 July 25 Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   4 Folder   43	Green River Valley, 1849 July 25 Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   4 Folder   44	Bear River Peaks, 1849 July 31 Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   4 Folder   45	Bear Valley, 1849 July 31 Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   4 Folder   46	Descent of Bear River Mountains, 1849 August 1 Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   4 Folder   47	Bear River, 1849 August 1 Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   4 Folder   48	Bear Mountains sun rise, 1849 August 2 Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   1 Folder   49	Bear [Soda] Springs, 1849 August 3 Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.
Box   4 Folder   50	Steam Boat Springs, 1849 August 4 Alternate Format: This drawing is available online.