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An Army train [covered wagons and artillery] crossing the plains [to Utah]

An Army train [covered wagons and artillery] crossing the plains [to U...

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 2, (1858 April 24), p. 264. No ref. copy. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: Utah Hist.; U.S. Hist 1858; Army, U.S. Transp.; Army, U... More

A historic conestoga wagon. Public domain reproduction.

A historic conestoga wagon. Public domain reproduction.

Photograph shows a team of six horses with covered wagon on street; man sits on back of horse and another man standing on sideboard. Ware Bros. Co., Phila.

Photograph of a Family with Their Covered Wagon During the Great Western Migration

Photograph of a Family with Their Covered Wagon During the Great Weste...

Original caption: "The Covered Wagon of the Great Western Migration. 1886 in Loup Valley, Nebr." A family poses with the wagon in which they live and travel daily during their pursuit of a homestead. WPA Infor... More

X I T mess wagon, Texas. Cowboys by F.M. Steele

X I T mess wagon, Texas. Cowboys by F.M. Steele

Photograph shows seven cowboys from the XIT ranch in the Texas panhandle seated on ground and eating, cook standing, wagon and horses behind them. F.M. Steele, Special Photographer C.R. I. & P. Railway System.

West[w]ard bound - A group of people riding on the back of a horse drawn carriage

West[w]ard bound - A group of people riding on the back of a horse dra...

Photograph shows two men, one carrying a rifle, walking along side ox-drawn covered wagon; four women riding in wagon; woman in front holding rifle. Copyright 1921 by Walter T. Oxley, Fergus Falls, Minn.

[Oxen pulling covered wagons] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

[Oxen pulling covered wagons] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Westward-ho panoramic photo

Westward-ho panoramic photo

Photograph shows panoramic view of men walking along side ox-drawn covered wagons. Copyright registration title: Progress Westward-ho. Copyright 1936 by Snelson camera shop.

Mennonite farmer going to town, near Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Mennonite farmer going to town, near Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Picryl description: Public domain image of a cart, carriage, wagon, chariot, 18th-19th century design, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Santa Fe Trail - Ox Cart and Dust

Santa Fe Trail - Ox Cart and Dust

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: A man drives an ox cart over the dusty plains between Sierra Vista and Timpas on the Santa Fe Trail. Location: (37.818° N 103.777° W) ... More

A Long Dusty Trail - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

A Long Dusty Trail - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

The horses and wagons kick up a lot of dust. The lucky ones were in front.

Wagons on Trail - National Parks Gallery

Wagons on Trail - National Parks Gallery

Wagons on Trail Public domain photograph of train tracks, railroad works, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Oregon trail memorial half dollar commemorative reverse

Oregon trail memorial half dollar commemorative reverse

Reverse side of Oregon Trail memorial half dollar commemorative coin Public domain photograph of a coin, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Two covered wagons fording the little Colorado River beside a cable ferry, 1903 (CHS-1004)

Two covered wagons fording the little Colorado River beside a cable fe...

Two covered wagons fording the little Colorado River beside a cable ferry, 1903 Photograph of two covered wagons fording the little Colorado River beside a cable ferry, 1903. A platform suspended from the cabl... More

Drawing, A Covered Wagon, 1870–80 (CH 18369129)

Drawing, A Covered Wagon, 1870–80 (CH 18369129)

Horizontal view of a covered wagon shown slightly obliquely from the right front corner. The canvas cover is raised in the front part. It is supported by four arches. The body is low and oblong. The driver'... More

'A Prairie Windstorm' by Paul Frenzeny and Jules Tavernier

'A Prairie Windstorm' by Paul Frenzeny and Jules Tavernier

A Prairie Windstorm by Paul Frenzeny and Jules Tavernier, May, 30, 1874, wood engraving with later hand coloring for Harper's Weekly, 9 x 13 3/8 in., private collection

Wagon train - A black and white photo of a long line of covered wagons

Wagon train - A black and white photo of a long line of covered wagons

photograph of a wagon train Public domain photograph of train tracks, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Oregon National Historic Trail in Wyoming

Oregon National Historic Trail in Wyoming

Section of the Oregon Trail Blue Mountain Crossing Segment — of the pioneer Oregon Trail in Wyoming. Protected within a Bureau of Land Management area in Wyoming. Oregon National Historic Trail — National his... More

A pictorial description of the United States; embracing the history, geographical position, agricultural and mineral resources (1860) (14778063085)

A pictorial description of the United States; embracing the history, g...

Identifier: pictorialdescrip00sear (find matches) Title: A pictorial description of the United States; embracing the history, geographical position, agricultural and mineral resources .. Year: 1860 (1860s) Au... More

Bureau of Land Management Oregon National Historic Trail in Wyoming (15962448046)

Bureau of Land Management Oregon National Historic Trail in Wyoming (1...

National historic trails can take us back, returning us literally and symbolically to a point of departure in geography and time. Who among us has not wondered what it was like for America’s pioneers to lie on ... More

Bureau of Land Management Oregon National Historic Trail in Wyoming - edit

Bureau of Land Management Oregon National Historic Trail in Wyoming - ...

National historic trails can take us back, returning us literally and symbolically to a point of departure in geography and time. Who among us has not wondered what it was like for America’s pioneers to lie on... More

Army wagon going to commissary depot, City Point, for supplies

Army wagon going to commissary depot, City Point, for supplies

Stereograph shows four-mule team pulling covered wagon. Corresponding glass negatives: LC-B811-2586A, left, and LC-B811-2586B, right. E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. acquired the negatives from the studio of Mathew Br... More

A Turnpike Schooner. This conestoga wagon was used for carrying freight on the National Pike

A Turnpike Schooner. This conestoga wagon was used for carrying freigh...

Photograph shows covered wagon sitting in field hitched up with six horses; one sitting on horse and another sitting on edge of wagon.

City Point, Virginia (vicinity). Four-mule army team and wagon

City Point, Virginia (vicinity). Four-mule army team and wagon

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.