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1 Kentucky: Entering the Great Valley

George Rogers Clark was born in Virginia in 1752. During 1772, at the age of 20, he moved west to the Ohio River Valley. He was quickly recognized as a leader in this area. By 1777, he was in command of the ... More

In the year 1766 the settlers upon the New Hampshire Grants on the wes...

Johnson, Samuel. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 177, Folder 1.

Lawrence Township : a list of the settlers names and lots in Lawrence ...

Shows land ownership, lands of the William Bingham estate, acreages, and lot dimensions in Lawrence Township, Tioga County, Pa. Title on label affixed to verso: Lawrence. From the William Bingham estate maps. P... More

map from "Emigration Fields. North America, The Cape, Australia, and N...

This image has been taken from scan 000007 from "Emigration Fields. North America, The Cape, Australia, and New Zealand; describing these countries, and giving a comparative view of the advantages they present ... More

map from "Emigration Fields. North America, The Cape, Australia, and N...

This image has been taken from scan 000133 from "Emigration Fields. North America, The Cape, Australia, and New Zealand; describing these countries, and giving a comparative view of the advantages they present ... More

Lehigh County from "History of Northampton, Lehigh, Monroe, Carbon, an...

This image has been taken from scan 000131 from "History of Northampton, Lehigh, Monroe, Carbon, and Schuylkill Counties: containing a brief history of the first settlers, topography of townships, notices of le... More

Pennsylvania from "History of Northampton, Lehigh, Monroe, Carbon, and...

This image has been taken from scan 000168 from "History of Northampton, Lehigh, Monroe, Carbon, and Schuylkill Counties: containing a brief history of the first settlers, topography of townships, notices of le... More

Pennsylvania from "History of Northampton, Lehigh, Monroe, Carbon, and...

This image has been taken from scan 000026 from "History of Northampton, Lehigh, Monroe, Carbon, and Schuylkill Counties: containing a brief history of the first settlers, topography of townships, notices of le... More

Pennsylvania from "History of Northampton, Lehigh, Monroe, Carbon, and...

This image has been taken from scan 000268 from "History of Northampton, Lehigh, Monroe, Carbon, and Schuylkill Counties: containing a brief history of the first settlers, topography of townships, notices of le... More

map from "A History of the original settlements on the Delaware, from ...

This image has been taken from scan 000318 from "A History of the original settlements on the Delaware, from its discovery by Hudson to the colonization under William Penn. To which is added, an account of the ... More

map from "A History of the original settlements on the Delaware, from ...

This image has been taken from scan 000335 from "A History of the original settlements on the Delaware, from its discovery by Hudson to the colonization under William Penn. To which is added, an account of the ... More

map from "A History of the original settlements on the Delaware, from ...

This image has been taken from scan 000105 from "A History of the original settlements on the Delaware, from its discovery by Hudson to the colonization under William Penn. To which is added, an account of the ... More

map from "Adventures of the first Settlers on the Oregon or Columbia R...

This image has been taken from scan 000393 from "Adventures of the first Settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River: being a narrative of the expedition fitted out by J. J. Astor to establish the “Pacific Fur Com... More

Hutching's winter quarters, Stereoscope Card.19th century. Boston Pub...

Public domain photograph of a house, cottage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington Territory from "The Pacific North-West. A Guide for Settler...

This image has been taken from scan 000032 from "The Pacific North-West. A Guide for Settlers and Travelers. Oregon and Washington Territory". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from ... More

First cabin in Yosemite, Stereoscope Card

Public domain photograph of 19th century California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tacoma, Washington Territory from "The Pacific North-West. A Guide for...

This image has been taken from scan 000020 from "The Pacific North-West. A Guide for Settlers and Travelers. Oregon and Washington Territory". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from ... More

Hot Springs national park - Market Day, Hot Springs Arkansas

Market day auctions in front of the Hot Springs Hotel.

A plaque on what is now the Community Supervision Corrections Building...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Portrait from "The Discoverers, Pioneers, and Settlers of North and So...

This image has been taken from scan 000051 from "The Discoverers, Pioneers, and Settlers of North and South America, from the earliest period, 982, to the present time ... With numerous ... illustrations, etc".... More

To the public. The Committee appointed at a public meeting at Faneuil ...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 62, Folder 17.

Memorial of Henry O'Rielly concerning military roads or "stockade rout...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 122, Folder 23e.

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

Joshua B. Brant from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropol...

This image has been taken from scan 000161 from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, embracing a general view of the West, and a complete history of St. Louis ... With portraits and biographies ... More

Jonathan Jones from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropoli...

This image has been taken from scan 000471 from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, embracing a general view of the West, and a complete history of St. Louis ... With portraits and biographies ... More

St. Louis from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, em...

This image has been taken from scan 000018 from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, embracing a general view of the West, and a complete history of St. Louis ... With portraits and biographies ... More

St. Louis High School from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Me...

This image has been taken from scan 000233 from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, embracing a general view of the West, and a complete history of St. Louis ... With portraits and biographies ... More

Custom House and Post Office from "Edwards's Great West and her Commer...

This image has been taken from scan 000252 from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, embracing a general view of the West, and a complete history of St. Louis ... With portraits and biographies ... More

Postmaster of St. Louis from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial ...

This image has been taken from scan 000123 from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, embracing a general view of the West, and a complete history of St. Louis ... With portraits and biographies ... More

U.S. Representative from Missouri from "Edwards's Great West and her C...

This image has been taken from scan 000059 from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, embracing a general view of the West, and a complete history of St. Louis ... With portraits and biographies ... More

map from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, embracin...

This image has been taken from scan 000499 from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, embracing a general view of the West, and a complete history of St. Louis ... With portraits and biographies ... More

first attorney general of Missouri from "Edwards's Great West and her ...

This image has been taken from scan 000571 from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, embracing a general view of the West, and a complete history of St. Louis ... With portraits and biographies ... More

D.A. January & Co. from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metro...

This image has been taken from scan 000617 from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, embracing a general view of the West, and a complete history of St. Louis ... With portraits and biographies ... More

S.J.P. Anderson from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropol...

This image has been taken from scan 000177 from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, embracing a general view of the West, and a complete history of St. Louis ... With portraits and biographies ... More

James H. Lucas from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropoli...

This image has been taken from scan 000149 from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, embracing a general view of the West, and a complete history of St. Louis ... With portraits and biographies ... More

Michigan from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, emb...

This image has been taken from scan 000039 from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, embracing a general view of the West, and a complete history of St. Louis ... With portraits and biographies ... More

Theron Barnum from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis...

This image has been taken from scan 000173 from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, embracing a general view of the West, and a complete history of St. Louis ... With portraits and biographies ... More

B.W. Alexander from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropoli...

This image has been taken from scan 000559 from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, embracing a general view of the West, and a complete history of St. Louis ... With portraits and biographies ... More

Isaac H. Sturgeon from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metrop...

This image has been taken from scan 000449 from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, embracing a general view of the West, and a complete history of St. Louis ... With portraits and biographies ... More

Mayor of St. Louis from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metro...

This image has been taken from scan 000101 from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, embracing a general view of the West, and a complete history of St. Louis ... With portraits and biographies ... More

Missouri Medical College from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial...

This image has been taken from scan 000287 from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, embracing a general view of the West, and a complete history of St. Louis ... With portraits and biographies ... More

Elizabeth Ortes from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropol...

This image has been taken from scan 000507 from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, embracing a general view of the West, and a complete history of St. Louis ... With portraits and biographies ... More

George R. Taylor from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropo...

This image has been taken from scan 000081 from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, embracing a general view of the West, and a complete history of St. Louis ... With portraits and biographies ... More

F.L. Ridgely from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis,...

This image has been taken from scan 000475 from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, embracing a general view of the West, and a complete history of St. Louis ... With portraits and biographies ... More

John H. Gay from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, ...

This image has been taken from scan 000477 from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, embracing a general view of the West, and a complete history of St. Louis ... With portraits and biographies ... More

Broadway from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, emb...

This image has been taken from scan 000598 from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, embracing a general view of the West, and a complete history of St. Louis ... With portraits and biographies ... More

Henry von Phul from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropoli...

This image has been taken from scan 000055 from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, embracing a general view of the West, and a complete history of St. Louis ... With portraits and biographies ... More

St. Louis Steam Laundry from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial ...

This image has been taken from scan 000601 from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, embracing a general view of the West, and a complete history of St. Louis ... With portraits and biographies ... More

Thomas A. Buckland from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metro...

This image has been taken from scan 000463 from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, embracing a general view of the West, and a complete history of St. Louis ... With portraits and biographies ... More

Henry D. Bacon from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropoli...

This image has been taken from scan 000097 from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, embracing a general view of the West, and a complete history of St. Louis ... With portraits and biographies ... More

Missouri Hemp Works from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metr...

This image has been taken from scan 000622 from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, embracing a general view of the West, and a complete history of St. Louis ... With portraits and biographies ... More

David M. Frost from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropoli...

This image has been taken from scan 000405 from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, embracing a general view of the West, and a complete history of St. Louis ... With portraits and biographies ... More

William T. Christy from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metro...

This image has been taken from scan 000459 from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, embracing a general view of the West, and a complete history of St. Louis ... With portraits and biographies ... More

1st Episcopal Bishop of Missouri from "Edwards's Great West and her Co...

This image has been taken from scan 000527 from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, embracing a general view of the West, and a complete history of St. Louis ... With portraits and biographies ... More

Bernard Pratte from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropoli...

This image has been taken from scan 000093 from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, embracing a general view of the West, and a complete history of St. Louis ... With portraits and biographies ... More

Architecture from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis,...

This image has been taken from scan 000604 from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, embracing a general view of the West, and a complete history of St. Louis ... With portraits and biographies ... More

Richard Edwards from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropol...

This image has been taken from scan 000014 from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, embracing a general view of the West, and a complete history of St. Louis ... With portraits and biographies ... More

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.

A settlers hut on the Red river

Signed lower right: A.R.W. Title on recto. Inscribed below title, lower left: Dug out; and upper right: 31. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.10) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

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

Public notice no. 742. Important to pre-emption settlers. Department o...

Signed: Jos. S. Wilson, commissioner.; 1. Colorado.; On verso, Copy 1 and Copy 2: {stamp} Gift Gist Blair 1936; On verso, Copy 2: 2.89.202.178. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two f... More

Manitou and Vicinity. The First Settlers, Manitou Park

No. 36. Part of series: Colorado Views. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and... More

map from "Reminiscences of Worcester from the earliest period, histori...

This image has been taken from scan 000020 from "Reminiscences of Worcester from the earliest period, historical and genealogical, with notices of early settlers and prominent citizens, etc". The title and subj... More

map from "Sketches of the First Emigrant Settlers in Newton Township, ...

This image has been taken from scan 000455 from "Sketches of the First Emigrant Settlers in Newton Township, Old Gloucester County, West New Jersey. [With maps and a portrait of the author.]". The title and sub... More

map from "Sketches of the First Emigrant Settlers in Newton Township, ...

This image has been taken from scan 000457 from "Sketches of the First Emigrant Settlers in Newton Township, Old Gloucester County, West New Jersey. [With maps and a portrait of the author.]". The title and sub... More

map from "Sketches of the First Emigrant Settlers in Newton Township, ...

This image has been taken from scan 000459 from "Sketches of the First Emigrant Settlers in Newton Township, Old Gloucester County, West New Jersey. [With maps and a portrait of the author.]". The title and sub... More

America from "The History of Des Moines County, Iowa, containing a his...

This image has been taken from scan 000080 from "The History of Des Moines County, Iowa, containing a history of the county ... a biographical directory of citizens ... portraits of early settlers and prominent... More

portrait from "History of the City of Denver, Arapahoe County, and Col...

This image has been taken from scan 000211 from "History of the City of Denver, Arapahoe County, and Colorado. Containing a history of the State of Colorado ... a condensed sketch of Arapahoe County; a history ... More

George_H_Fryer from "History of the City of Denver, Arapahoe County, a...

This image has been taken from scan 000435 from "History of the City of Denver, Arapahoe County, and Colorado. Containing a history of the State of Colorado ... a condensed sketch of Arapahoe County; a history ... More

Portrait from "History of the City of Denver, Arapahoe County, and Col...

This image has been taken from scan 000133 from "History of the City of Denver, Arapahoe County, and Colorado. Containing a history of the State of Colorado ... a condensed sketch of Arapahoe County; a history ... More

Portland, Oregon from "The Pacific North-West. A Guide for Settlers an...

This image has been taken from scan 000045 from "The Pacific North-West. A Guide for Settlers and Travelers. Oregon and Washington Territory". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from ... More

river from "The Pacific North-West. A Guide for Settlers and Travelers...

This image has been taken from scan 000040 from "The Pacific North-West. A Guide for Settlers and Travelers. Oregon and Washington Territory". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from ... More

Key West from "Florida for Tourists, Invalids and Settlers ... With ma...

This image has been taken from scan 000163 from "Florida for Tourists, Invalids and Settlers ... With map and illustrations". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by ... More

Northern Pacific Railroad from "The Pacific North-West. A Guide for Se...

This image has been taken from scan 000015 from "The Pacific North-West. A Guide for Settlers and Travelers. Oregon and Washington Territory". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from ... More

dock from "The Pacific North-West. A Guide for Settlers and Travelers....

This image has been taken from scan 000062 from "The Pacific North-West. A Guide for Settlers and Travelers. Oregon and Washington Territory". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from ... More

Seattle from "The Pacific North-West. A Guide for Settlers and Travele...

This image has been taken from scan 000053 from "The Pacific North-West. A Guide for Settlers and Travelers. Oregon and Washington Territory". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from ... More

schools from "The Pacific North-West. A Guide for Settlers and Travele...

This image has been taken from scan 000042 from "The Pacific North-West. A Guide for Settlers and Travelers. Oregon and Washington Territory". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from ... More

Portland from "The Pacific North-West. A Guide for Settlers and Travel...

This image has been taken from scan 000008 from "The Pacific North-West. A Guide for Settlers and Travelers. Oregon and Washington Territory". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from ... More

map from "Florida for Tourists, Invalids and Settlers ... With map and...

This image has been taken from scan 000020 from "Florida for Tourists, Invalids and Settlers ... With map and illustrations". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by ... More

settlers from "A history of the American People ... With illustrations...

This image has been taken from scan 000455 from "A history of the American People ... With illustrations". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the Britis... More

stacker from "Go West. (Advice ... to Settlers.)"

This image has been taken from scan 000008 from "Go West. (Advice ... to Settlers.)". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the British Library's flickr photostream.

George R. Carr, New Helena, one of the oldest settlers in Custer Count...

Public domain image of a rural landscape, agriculture, farm animals, livestock, pasture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

George R. Carr, New Helena, one of the oldest settlers in Custer Count...

summary: An S.D. Butcher annotation reads: "Old dugout of Geo. Carr -- New Helena one of the oldest claims on Victoria Creek, C[uster] C[ounty]. dugout in upper right hand corner showing Victoria Creek which... More

"New Settlers on the Prairie." East Custer County, Nebraska.

Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Harvey Andrews in Cedar Canyon on Victoria Creek, where he made a smal...

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

map from "Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, with reminiscences illus...

This image has been taken from scan 000006 from "Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, with reminiscences illustrative of the vicissitudes of its pioneer settlers: biographical sketches of citizens, ... a diary o... More

map from "Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, with reminiscences illus...

This image has been taken from scan 000096 from "Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, with reminiscences illustrative of the vicissitudes of its pioneer settlers: biographical sketches of citizens, ... a diary o... More

The priest's blessing on a Catholic family found by a missionary pries...

13845 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Jno. P. Walsh & Co. C... More

Al Wise ranch near Callaway, one of the oldest settlers on the South L...

summary: Note: Wise was know to be a member of the I. P. "Print" Olive gang, Olive and his men became legnedary for hanging and burning the bodies of two homesteaders by the name of Mitchell and Ketchum, Wise... More

Scene of Kauri Bush, gumdiggers at work

Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

map from "The Hudson's Bay Company's Land Tenures and the Occupation o...

This image has been taken from scan 000121 from "The Hudson's Bay Company's Land Tenures and the Occupation of Assiniboia by Lord Selkirk's Settlers, with a list of grantees under the Earl and the Company". The... More

map from "The Hudson's Bay Company's Land Tenures and the Occupation o...

This image has been taken from scan 000030 from "The Hudson's Bay Company's Land Tenures and the Occupation of Assiniboia by Lord Selkirk's Settlers, with a list of grantees under the Earl and the Company". The... More

map from "The Hudson's Bay Company's Land Tenures and the Occupation o...

This image has been taken from scan 000147 from "The Hudson's Bay Company's Land Tenures and the Occupation of Assiniboia by Lord Selkirk's Settlers, with a list of grantees under the Earl and the Company". The... More

map from "The Hudson's Bay Company's Land Tenures and the Occupation o...

This image has been taken from scan 000138 from "The Hudson's Bay Company's Land Tenures and the Occupation of Assiniboia by Lord Selkirk's Settlers, with a list of grantees under the Earl and the Company". The... More

Messengers were sent to warn the settlers of the Indian uprising

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1933:0131). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Sole Survivors" by George A. Henty, St. Nicholas, 26:226 (Jan. 1899).

A group of people standing next to a truck. African-american settler f...

Slavery. Free images of slavery. Use free photos of slavery without any copyright restrictions.

"Settlers taking the law in their own hands--cutting fence on old Brig...

summary: Note: This is a theatrical reenactment staged by the photographer to illustrate a historical event for his PIONEER HISTORY OF CUSTER COUNTY. original size: 6x8

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.

Geronimo, the famous Apache chieftain, for many years a terror to the ...

Geronimo with bow and arrow. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait photo of Muganʹ. Semʹi︠a︡ poselent︠s︡a. Pos. Grafovka

Public domain portrait photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

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