Scenes of Utah and a march to Fort Union

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Title: Scenes of Utah and a march to Fort Union
Creator: Heger, Joseph, 1835-
Published / Created: 1858.
Abstract: Joseph Heger's pencil sketches were made during an 1858 army march from Camp Scott, Fort Bridger, to Salt Lake City and from Camp Floyd to Fort Union. The drawings depict towns, camps, and scenes from Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico
Description: Joseph Heger, born in Hesse, immigrated to America as a child. He enlisted in the army in 1855 and served as a private in Co. K. of the 1st Regiment of Mounted Riflemen under Lt. Dubois on the Utah Expedition in 1858 and on the Arizona-New Mexico campaign of 1859-60.
List of sketches in Withington catalogue.
Provenance: Gift of William Robertson Coe.
Extent: 24 drawings (in 1 box) : 17 x 28 cm. and smaller.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Pictorial works
Sketches United States
Material: pencil ;
Subject (Geographic): Arizona
New Mexico
Utah
Subject (Name): Heger, Joseph, 1835-
Subject (Topic): Drawing
Subjects: Heger, Joseph, 1835-
Drawing
Arizona > Pictorial works
New Mexico > Pictorial works
Utah > Pictorial works
United States

Access: Public
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Citation: Joseph Heger, Scenes of Utah and a March to Fort Union. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.