Mormon Trail 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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HSET2A-00108

Guide leading a wagon train to the Platte River onf the Oregon Trail.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration by Frederic Remington

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HSET2D-00068

Restored covered wagons (Conestoga wagon at rear) at Scotts Bluff National Monument on the Oregon Trail in Nebraska.
Digital photograph

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