Nebraska Collection

Earth lodge of the Omaha tribe, Great Plains, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Pioneer family on the Oregon Trail
Covered wagon of a homesteader family heading west with their belongings. Hand-colored engraving combined with a photograph

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

Mormon Trail hand-cart
Mormon hand-cart replica on the Oregon/Mormon Trail, Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska. Digital photograph

Families in covered wagons crossing the plains. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Buffalo killed from a train on the Great Plains
Passengers and crew shooting buffalo from a train on the transcontinental railroad, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Dugout home covered with prairie sod
A dugout covered with sod, home of a prairie homesteader, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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

Omaha, Nebraska, 1860s
Omaha, Nebraska, as seen from the old State Capitol, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Building the transcontinental railroad
Immigrants and other workers laying track for the transcontinental railroad across Nebraska, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Transcontinental railroad workers attacked by Native Americans
Cheyenne Indians attacking workers building the transcontinental railroad on the Great Plains, 1867. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Transcontinental railroad across the Great Plains
Transcontinental railroad track to a station on the Great Plains, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Work party on the transcontinental railroad
Transcontinental railroad constructed across the western prairie, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Laying railroad track across the Great Plains
Workers laying track for the transcontinental railroad, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Oregon Trail wagons camping for the night
Pioneers camp at sunset along the Oregon Trail, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Wagon train attacked by Indians on the Great Plains. Hand colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration by Frederic Remington

Sod house of a homesteader family on the Great Plains, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Oregon Trail pioneers on the Great Plains
Families in covered wagons crossing the plains. Hand-colored engraving combined with photo of western Nebraska

Conestoga wagon on the Oregon Trail
Conestoga wagon replica on the Oregon Trail, Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska. Digital photograph

Covered wagon brake detail
Brake mechanism of a covered wagon on the Oregon Trail, Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska. Digital photograph

Neighbors sharing farm work on the Great Plains
Prairie settlers helping a neighbor with his farm work, circa 1900. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photograph

Homesteader plowing a western prairie, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Buffalo herd on the American prairie
Herd of bison crossing a river bottom on the Great Plains. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 19th-century painting by Hays

Map of slave and free areas of the United States in 1854, at the time of the Kansas-Nebraska Bill. Printed color lithograph 19th century

Prairie settlement along the transcontinental railroad
Railroad stop near a new town on the Great Plains, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Wagon train in a snowstorm on the Great Plains, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Families camped beside their covered wagons on the prairie. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Settlers on the Great Plains fighting a prairie fire. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Family in a covered wgon
Family with many children traveling in a covered wagon. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Plains Indians attacking a wagon train of settlers, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Settlers sod house and outbuildings in winter, western prairie, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Family in a covered wagon at the approach of a prairie storm, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Pioneer family moving west in a covered wagon, 1840s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Covered wagons on the Oregon Trail in western Nebraska
Covered wagons nearing the junction of the forks of the Platte River in Nebraska. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Sunrise on the Oregon Trail
Covered wagons near the North Platte River in Nebraska. Hand-colored woodcut combined with a photograph of an Oregon Trail landscape

Covered wagons escaping a prairie fire
Wagon train crossing a stream to escape a prairie fire. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Frederic Remington illustration

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

Restored Conestoga wagon at Scotts Bluff National Monument on the Oregon Trail in Nebraska. Digital photograph

Canvas top of a covered wagon
Covered wagon interior on the Oregon Trail, Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska. Digital photograph

Covered wagon of a homesteader family heading west with their belongings, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Meat strips drying to make " jerky" outside a tepee on the plains. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Native American teepee encampment on the Great Plains, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Oregon Trail in western Nebraska
Oregon Trail, Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska. Digital photograph

Scotts Bluff, Nebraska
Cliffs of Scotts Bluff overlooking the Oregon Trail, Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska. Digital photograph

Chimney Rock, Nebraska
Chimney Rock, a landmark on the Oregon Trail, Nebraska. Digital photograph

Title page of the first publication of Lewis and Clarks journal and notes, 1814. Woodcut with a watercolor wash

Farmer in his cornfield praying for rain, 1800s. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

Homesteaders planting corn on the prairie
Homesteaders dropping seeds to sow corn on the Great Plains, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Pony Express rider changing horses. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration by Frederic Remington

Native American joining cowboys at their campfire, late 1800s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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Native American warrior counting coup, northern Great Plains. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century Frederic Remington illustration

Native American family traveling on a travois poney on the prairie. Composite of hand-colored woodcut and digital photograph

Cowboy and his horse caught in a cattle stampede, 1800s. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century Frederic Remington illustration

Cowboy watching over a cattle herd at night. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut of a Frederic Remington illustration

Covered wagon pioneers camp at a water hole in an arid section of trail. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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

Stagecoach caught in a prairie blizzard, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Covered wagon axel detail
Grease bucket under a covered wagon on the Oregon Trail, Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska. Digital photograph

Covered wagon detail
Detail of covered wagon on the Oregon Trail, Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska. Digital photograph

Canvas top of a Conestoga wagon
Conestoga wagon canvas top on the Oregon Trail, Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska. Digital photograph

Covered wagon on the Oregon Trail
Covered wagon replica on the Oregon Trail, Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska. Digital photograph

Covered wagons on the Oregon Trail, Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska. Digital photograph

Mormon Trail pioneer grave by the transcontinental railroad, Nebraska
Grave of Mormon Trail pioneer Rebecca Winters, next to the transcontinental railroad tracks, Nebraska (grave has since been moved). Photograph

Mormon Trail pioneer grave, Nebraska
Grave of Mormon Trail pioneer Rebecca Winters, who died of cholera in Nebraska in 1852, since reburied nearby. Photograph

Native American village on the move using horse-pulled travois. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Mat lodges of the Omaha tribe. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Erosion in western Nebraska
Erosion in the hills overlooking the Oregon Trail, Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska. Digital photograph

Road ascending Scotts Bluff, Nebraska
Road and tunnel to the top of Scotts Bluff overlooking the Oregon Trail, Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska. Digital photograph

North Platte River in Nebraska
Stormy sky over the North Platte River along the Oregon and Mormon Trails, Nebraska. Digital photograph

Covered wagons on the Oregon Trail at sunrise, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska. Photograph

Covered wagons on the Oregon Trail at sunrise, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska. Photograph

Pioneers and their ox-teams plowing the prairies west of the Mississippi, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Buffalo herd resting at midday on the Great Plains. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

Herd of buffalo drinking from the Platte River on the Great Plains. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Pony Express rider passing workers raising telegraph poles, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Pony Express rider changing horses at a relay station. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Native American family traveling on a horse and pulling a travois, Great Plains. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century Frederic Remington illustration

African-American cowboy pulling a longhorn out of the mud. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century Frederic Remington Illustration

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