Settler Gallery

First settlers of Hartford, Connecticut, 1636

Thomas Hooker's congregation migrates from Massachusetts to settle Hartford, Connecticut, 1636.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Building the railroad to Bismarck, North Dakota, 1870s

Laying railroad track in winter across the Missouri River at Bismarck, North Dakota, 1879.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Plymouth colonists embarking on the Mayflower voyage, 1620

Pilgrims leaving for their "Mayflower" voyage from Delft Haven, Netherlands, 1620.
Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century painting

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