Pretty camp - Rocky Mountains - Public domain scenic drawing
Summary
Drawing shows three wagons and a tent, left center, near a bend in the river before the Rocky Mountains. The camp is hidden from the trail, which crosses the river, by a copse of trees. Jenks arrived at Camp 57, writing in his diary, "We have called [it] the Pretty Camp, knowning no other name for it." They spent two nights here, June 4-5, 1859 to permit members of their party to keep the sabbath.
Purchase, Ed Cox Americana fund (Madison Council), 2000 (DLC/PP-2001:050.6)
Exhibited in: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, Washington, DC, 2003-2004.
Tags
Date
01/01/1859
Contributors
Jenks, Daniel A., 1827-1869, artist
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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