Title

Fort Owen, Flathead Village, USA, 1856. Artist: John Mix Stanley

Caption

Fort Owen, Flathead Village, USA, 1856. The United States Pacific Railroad Survey party at Fort Owen near present-day Stevensville in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana. The fort was originally St Mary's Mission, founded by Jesuit Missionary Pierre DeSmet. Print from Reports of Explorations and Surveys to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean made under the direction of the Secretary of War in 1853-1855, by Beverley Tucker, volume III, published by Sarony, Major and Knapp (Washington, 1856).
The Print Collector collection

Date

1856

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C37_477

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,3Mb (6,6Mb) / 16,5in x 11,8in / 4943 x 3554 (300dpi)

Keywords

animal building buildings animals horses horse riding rider fort mountain mountains country geography color colour Montana fortification native Native American plain location century printing American Indian United States of America United States 19th century lithograph nineteenth century American America USA The Print Collector geographical feature TGN lithography Pacific Railroad Fort Owen open range Pacific Railroad Survey lithograph John Mix Stanley Sarony Major and Knapp Beverley Tucker Tucker Beverley Stanley John Mix Sarony Major and Knapp Beverley Tucker lithograph