Autograph memoir by Henry Williams, written in 1867, recounting an 1866 journey from Fort Phil Kearny, Wyoming to Virginia City, Montana. Williams describes accompanying Jim Bridger from Fort Smith, Montana, along the Bozeman Trail to the Yellowstone River; Bozeman, Montana; and Virginia City, Montana. Williams describes the landscape and prospective locations for military forts.
Description:
Henry Williams served as a guide for the United States Army at Fort Phil Kearny, Wyoming, 1866. and Purchased from Michael D. Heaston on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2016.
Subject (Geographic):
Bozeman (Mont.)--Description and travel, Bozeman Trail--Description and travel, Fort Phil Kearny (Wyo.), Montana--Description and travel, Virginia City (Mont.)--Description and travel, West (U.S.)--Description and travel, Wyoming--Description and travel, and Yellowstone River--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Bridger, Jim, 1804-1881 and Williams, Henry, active 1867
Four ALS (August 21 and November 22, 1903, May 24, 1904, and June 16, 1905), to "My dear Mr. [Joseph Henry] Gest," director of the Cincinnati Art Museum, and one ALS with envelope postmarked March 8, 1905, addressed to his friend and former painting teacher Frank Duveneck, Art Museum, Eden Park, Cincinnati, Ohio. Sharp's letters to Gest describe his life in Montana, the progress of his work, orders for painting supplies, and news of Mrs. Sharp and mutual friends. The 1904 letter, written from San Francisco, relates that he has delivered his work to Mrs. Hearst. In his letter to Frank Duveneck, Sharp asks advice on painting technique, describes activities of the local Indians, and includes a pencil sketch of a Crow woman. With the exception of the 1904 letter, the letters were written from Montana on Crow Agency Hotel and J. D. Sherburne, U.S. Licensed Trader, Browning, Montana, letterheads.
Description:
American artist, who, after being commissioned by the California philanthropist Mrs. Phoebe Hearst to paint Plains Indians and scenes of Indian life, lived with his wife Addie Byram Sharp from 1902 to 1910 at Crow Agency, Montana, and travelled and painted throughout the West. and Purchased from Midland Rare Books on the William Robertson Coe Fund, 1962.
Subject (Geographic):
Crow Agency (Mont.) and Montana--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Crow Agency Hotel, Duveneck, Frank, 1848-1919, Gest, Joseph Henry, Hearst, Phoebe Apperson, 1841-1919, Sharp, Addie Byram, Sharp, Joseph Henry, 1859-1953, Sherburne, J. D, and United States Bureau of Indian Affairs--Crow Agency
Subject (Topic):
Artists--United States, Crow Indians--Social life and customs, Indians of North America--Montana--Pictorial works, Indians of North America--Montana--Social life and customs, and Painting, American--Montana
Cover title., Folded col. map on p. [3] of cover., Imperfect: folded map wanting. Original wrappers., and Running title: Montana, its resources and opportunities.
The journal describes an overland trip from Mendon, Michigan to Virginia City, Montana and the return trip. Voorhees traveled along the Bozeman Trail and Bridger's Road. The journal has been reversed and three entries for July and August 1864 were added. There is a photoprint of Voorhees in the diary.
Subject (Geographic):
Bozeman Trail, Montana--Description and travel, and West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Barnabee, James S, Crumbaker, Thomas A, Jacobs, Thomas S, Marantette, F. Columbus, Uptegrove, Charles W, and Voorhees, Abram H.,--1824-
Subject (Topic):
Gold mines and mining--Montana and Indians of North America--West (U.S.)
