Homesteader Gallery

Oregon Trail pioneers passing Chimney Rock

Covered wagons passing Chimney Rock, a landmark on the Oregon Trail, Nebraska.
Hand-colored woodcut combined with a photograph of Chimney Rock

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Guthrie, Oklahoma, opened to settlers, 1889

Settlers claiming lots in Guthrie, Oklahoma, 20 minutes after the first train arrived, 1889.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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"Arkansas pilgrims," a family crossing the Great Plains in a covered wagon.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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