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Fort Bridger, 1937

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 8
Identifier: MSS 1608 Series 2 Item 768
Image of Fort Bridger
Image of Fort Bridger

Dates

  • Other: 1937

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research. Photographs kept in cold storage; access requires 24 hours advance notice.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the William Henry Jackson papers must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.

Extent

1 painting : color ; 19 x 29 cm

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Other Finding Aids

Folder-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSS1608.xml

General note

Colored plate of a Western scene published in Westward America by H .R. Driggs.

General note

Caption on item: "A trading post built by Jim Bridger in 1843 at the Division Point of the early Oregon and Mormon trails. It later served as a Pony Express, Telegraph Station and an army post."

Subjects

Digital Material

Physical Storage Information

Repository Details

Repository Details

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