Bell, C. M. (Charles Milton), ca. 1849-1893. Easterly, Thomas M. (Thomas Martin), 1809-1882. Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882. Gurney, Benjamin. Gurney, Jeremiah, 1812-1895. Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. McClees, James Earle, 1821-1887. Shindler, A. Zen
Published / Created:
1876
Call Number:
WA Photos Folio 54
Image Count:
112
Abstract:
Album of photographs of Indians of North America assembled in 1876 from images in the collection of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. The images in the photographs were originally created ca. 1868-1876, and consist p
Description:
Numbers on photographs correspond to those in the Descriptive catalogue of photographs of North American Indians / by W. H. Jackson, photographer of the survey. -- Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1877 (U.S. Geological and geographical survey of the territo
Subject (Topic):
Apache Indians, Arapaho Indians, Arikara Indians, Bannock Indians, Brotherton Indians, Brule Indians, Caddo Indians, Cherokee Indians, Cheyenne Indians, Chickasaw Indians, Choctaw Indians, Comanche Indians, Creek Indians, Crow Indians, Dakota I, and Indians of North America
Topographical notes and observations on the Alabama River / by Howell Tatum
Image Count:
109
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Howell Tatum, appointed topographical engineer of the 7th military district by General Andrew Jackson, records his survey of the Alabama River, its navigability by keelboats, and the fertility of the soil which makes the area suitable for growing cotton and tobacco. He concludes his report with a description of incidents which took place at the end of the war with the Creek Indians.
Subject (Geographic):
Alabama River (Ala.)--Surveys, Fort Bowyer (Ala.), Fort Jackson (La.), Fort Mims (Ala.), Fort Montgomery (Ala.), Fort Stoddard (Ala.), Mobile (Ala.), and Pensacola (Fla.)