Sierra Nevada Collection

Workers cheering the first train over the mountains from California
Snowsheds protecting a transcontinental railroad train in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Digger Indians returning from a hunt with rabbits and birds, Sierra Nevada Mountains, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Prospectors panning for gold in the California Gold Rush. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Roping a bear in California, 1800s
Californians putting a lasso on a bear, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

California Gold Rush prospectors
California prospectors washing gravel in a stream, looking for gold. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Pioneers in snow on the trail over the Rockies, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Covered wagons crossing the mountains
Covered wagons crossing the Sierra Nevada mountains into California. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Group of pioneer horsemen getting their first glimpse of the Sierra Nevada range 1800s. Hand colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Prospector panning for gold near Sutters Mill in the American River, Coloma, California. Composite of hand-colored woodcut and digital photograph

Wagon trail over the Sierra into California, 1865
Stagecoaches and wagons traveling to California over Donner Pass, 1865. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Wagon train crossing the mountains, 1800s Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Memorial statue for the tragic Donner Party expedition at the site of one of their cabins in the Sierra Nevada, California. Digital photograph

Yosemite Valley wilderness
Yosemite Valley before it became a national park, viewed in the 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Yosemite Valley visitors, 1880s
Wagon loaded with visitors descending into Yosemite Valley, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Pony Express rider coming into a station in the Rocky Mountains. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Yosemite visitors, 1870s
Horseback riders descending into Yosemite Valley, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Pony Express rider in a snowstorm. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Prospectors finding gold in a stream during the California Gold Rush. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Prospectors traveling a rough road to the gold regions of California. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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Prospectors looking for new diggings during the Gold Rush, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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Prospector washing pebbles from a stream using a cradle device to sparate gold nuggets. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Prospectors cabins, California Gold Rush
Miners camp in Boston Ravine, Grass Valley, during the California Gold Rush, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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