Westward expansion 19th century Stock Photos and Images
RMCWB8J3–Rural life in Nebraska. The Laulerman family in front of their sod house, with boy holding bull on the right. 1886
RMA7E8G9–Historical School House in Central Oregon
RMKWDMTA–Three men engaged in hydraulic gold mining in Rockerville, Black Hills or South Dakota, 1889 (BSLOC 2017 18 54)
RMPNCTPE–The Emigrants. Date/Period: 1902/1906. Painting. Oil on canvas. Width: 115.3 cm. Height: 77.2 cm (without frame). Author: Frederic Remington.
RM2H0N63W–Emigrants on carts heading out West. Engraving by Vernier. Panorama Universal. History of the United States of America, from 1st edition of Jean B.G.
RF2X4FPE9–Fort Laramie National Historic Site, Trading Post, Diplomatic Site, and Military Installation in Wyoming, USA
RMBJBBW3–Men playing baseball in historic costumes in front of the Old Court House, St. Louis, United States of America
RFHRXPW6–Inscriptions of emigrants traveling in 19th century on California Trail at Register Rock in City of Rocks National Preserve, Idaho, USA
RMHRNRX7–American Prairie Hunters using Fire, 19th century
RMA8FEN4–Prospector panning for gold near Sutters Mill in the American River in Coloma California. Hand-colored woodcut with a photo of the American River
RMHGWFER–Fort Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, defensive stockade and tower nineteenth and early 20th century British fort that became Edmonton
RMFF77BW–EMIGRANTS TO WEST. /nOxen hauling a covered wagon of emigrants to the American west. Color engraving, 19th century.
RMCWB8FJ–My cabin, Long Gulch. California Gold Rush cabin, 1859. Daniel Jenks, color
RMFF969G–DAVY CROCKETT (1786-1836). /nAmerican soldier and frontiersman. Congressional candidate Davy Crockett making a stump speech: American engraving, 19th century.
RMFFA7PK–DENVER, COLORADO, 1859. /nDenver, Colorado, as it appeared in 1859: American lithograph, 19th century.
RMKWDMTC–Old timers placer mining in South Dakotas Black Hills, in 1889. The first gold rush began in 1874, when gold strikes were reported in the Black Hills within the Great Sioux Reservation. After the Lakotas (Sioux) defeat by the US Army, the Black Hills were ceded to the US in the treaty of 1877 (BSLOC 2017 18 55)
RF2X4FPE1–Fort Laramie National Historic Site, Trading Post, Diplomatic Site, and Military Installation in Wyoming, USA
RMG16CB0–Engraving by Henry Bean Hall entitled: 'Emigrants crossing the plains', 1869. Manifest Destiny was the 19th and 20th century American belief that the United States was destined to expand across the North American continent. The Homestead Act of 1862 encou
RMA69KFB–Gold Rush prospectors washing sediment from a stream to find nuggets in California. Hand-colored woodcut
RMHGWFEY–Fort Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, defensive stockade and tower nineteenth and early 20th century British fort that became Edmonton
RMCWB8J9–William Moore and family, Sargent, Custer County, Nebraska. 1886
RMFF9JJ9–CALIFORNIA VIGILANTES./nCalifornia vigilantes executing the orders of Judge Lynch. Wood engraving, 19th century.
RMKWDMTE–Two crowded Deadwood Coaches in South Dakota, 1889. Prosperous men wave or tip their hats to the photographer. As statehood approached in the 1880s, there were 500,000 Euro-Americans in South Dakota, compared to only 70,000 Native Americans (BSLOC 2017 18 57)
RF2X4FPE5–Fort Laramie National Historic Site, Trading Post, Diplomatic Site, and Military Installation in Wyoming, USA
RMG16CB3–Charcoal drawing by Thomas Fogarty entitled: 'Pioneers in covered wagons'. Manifest Destiny was the 19th and 20th century American belief that the United States was destined to expand across the North American continent. The Homestead Act of 1862 encourag
RMA64PH0–Prospectors working Gregory's gold diggings in the Colorado Rockies 1859. Hand-colored woodcut
RMHGWFT7–Fort Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, is a garden of the nineteenth and early 20th century British fort that became Edmonton
RMCWB6FY–The Santa Fe Trail. A pioneer struggles through heavy snow on the Great Plains. Daniel Jenks, color drawing, 1859
RMFF772Y–CHAPULTEPEC, 1847. /nAmerican troops storming the palace of Chapultepec on Sept. 13, 1847. Colored engraving, 19th century.
RMKWDMTD–A Wells Fargo Express Wagon and Guards carry $250,000 gold bullion in South Dakota, 1890. Four men, holding rifles guard the shipment from the Great Homestake Mine of Deadwood, SD (BSLOC 2017 18 56)
RF2X4FPC3–Fort Laramie National Historic Site, Trading Post, Diplomatic Site, and Military Installation in Wyoming, USA
RMG15KRF–A camp of Sicangu (Brulé) Sioux on the South Dakota plains near Wounded Knee in March of 1891, three months after the massacre of Chief Spotted Elk's ('Big Foot's') band.
RMA8FFP9–General John C Fremont in his prairie uniform leading a westward expedition. Hand-colored woodcut
RMHGWFGJ–Fort Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, is a reconstruction of the nineteenth and early 20th century British fort that became Edmonton
RMDXF2K2–Western terminus of the National Road, Vandalia, Illinois. Digital photograph
RMCWB8J5–Morrison residence on Victoria Creek near Merna, Custer County, Nebraska. 1886
RMA8FEXD–Wilderness log cabin of pioneers who travel by water. Hand-colored woodcut
RMFF7B8N–BATTLE OF BUENA VISTA, 1847. /nGeneral Zachary Taylor at the Battle of Buena Vista, Mexico, 22-23 February 1847: engraving, 19th century.
RMKWDMTF–Men and a woman in front of a western ranch house, in South Dakota, 1887. As the Euro-American population reached 500,000 in 1885, compared to 70,000 Native Americans, the pressure for the reorganization and reduction of the Great Sioux reservations could not be resisted in Washington (BSLOC 2017 18 58)
RF2X4FPEP–Fort Laramie National Historic Site, Trading Post, Diplomatic Site, and Military Installation in Wyoming, USA
RMG16CBB–Chromolithograph by John Mulvany entitled: 'The trial of a horse thief' shows a large group of men gathered in a room in a tavern or general store, conducting the trial of a man, standing at center, suspected of stealing a horse, 1877. The term horse thie
RM2GGP72K–This map was presented during US President James K. Polk's annual message to Congress in December 1848. It shows Polk's vision of how to divide up the new territory acquired through the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, at the end of the Mexican-American War. Mexico ceded 55 percent of its territory, including parts of present-day Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah, to the United States.
RMHGWFPM–Fort Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, is a garden of the nineteenth and early 20th century British fort that became Edmonton
RMG16CB6–Engraving by William Cary show emigrants, on plain in the West, with cattle, sheep, dog, horse, wagons; group around campfire in front of tent, with man holding up two game birds; another man with a slain deer, and women cooking, 1881. Manifest Destiny wa
RMCWB6G3–The Santa Fe Trail. Bent's Fort, Daniel Jenks, color drawing, 1859
RMAG4DW0–Snags in low water hindering a steamboat on the Missouri River 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut
RMFF75H9–KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT, 1856. /nMissourians on their way to plunder and burn the Free Soil capital of Lawrence, Kansas. Wood engraving, 19th century.
RMBTK2YW–Westward ho! Allegorical female figure of Columbia leading pioneers and railroads westward while stringing telegraph wire across the plains. Chromolithograph after a painting by George A. Crofutt, 1873
RMBTK780–Hawaii. Joint Resolution to Provide for Annexing the Hawaiian Islands to the United States. Enrolled Acts and Resolutions of Congress; General Records of the United States Government (1898)
RF2X4FPEB–Fort Laramie National Historic Site, Trading Post, Diplomatic Site, and Military Installation in Wyoming, USA
RMBTK786–Hawaii. Letter from Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii to U.S. House of Representatives protesting U.S. assertion of ownership of Hawaii, December 19, 1898.
RMHGWFKJ–Fort Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, outdoor bake oven nineteenth and early 20th century British fort that became Edmonton
RMG16CB5–Chromolithograph by George Crofutt shows an allegorical female figure of America leading pioneers westward, as they travel on foot, in a stagecoach, conestoga wagon, and by railroads, where they encounter Native Americans and herds of bison, 1873. Manifes
RMCWB6FN–Wagon Train to the West. A wagon train of settlers crosses the Nevada desert. Daniel Jenks, color drawing, 1859
RMAG4DTD–Stagecoach driver and armed guard in the old west. Color halftone of an illustration
RMFFA005–TEXAS: THE ALAMO, 1836. /nAn engraving depiciting the death of Davy Crockett at the end of the Battle of the Alamo, March 1836. Wood engraving, American, 19th century.
RF2X4FPC4–Fort Laramie National Historic Site, Trading Post, Diplomatic Site, and Military Installation in Wyoming, USA
RMBTK4H6–Life on the plains: preparing supper. from sketches by Mr. James F. Gookins
RMHGWFM6–Fort Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, defensive stockade and tower nineteenth and early 20th century British fort that became Edmonton
RMG15KRC–A camp of Sicangu (Brulé) Sioux on the South Dakota plains near Wounded Knee in March of 1891, three months after the massacre of Chief Spotted Elk's ('Big Foot's') band.
RMCWB6G1–The Oregon Trail. Cherokee Pass, Rocky Mountains. Daniel Jenks, color drawing, 1859
RMAE1RY7–Flatboat of settlers descending the Ohio River 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut
RMFF7J7M–EMIGRANTS TO THE WEST. /nAn emigrant family encamped for the night on the great American prairie. Engraving, 19th century.
RF2X4FPE7–Fort Laramie National Historic Site, Trading Post, Diplomatic Site, and Military Installation in Wyoming, USA
RMBTK4TH–The Santa Fe Trail. A pioneer struggles through heavy snow on the Great Plains. Daniel Jenks, color drawing, 1859
RMHGWFK7–Fort Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, outdoor log privy. nineteenth and early 20th century British fort that became Edmonton
RMHRNRX8–Frontiersmen and Native American Indians, 1800s
RMCWB6GX–Thomas Jefferson Indian Peace Medal, relief portrait of President Thomas Jefferson in profile (obverse), clasped hands under
RMA6JC8M–Group of pioneer horsemen getting their first glimpse of the Sierra Nevada range 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut
RMFF757E–TEXAS: THE ALAMO, 1836. /nThe Siege of the Alamo, 23 February-6 March 1836. Line engraving, 19th century.
RF2X4FPEH–Fort Laramie National Historic Site, Trading Post, Diplomatic Site, and Military Installation in Wyoming, USA
RMBTK4RX–Wagon Train to the West. A wagon train of settlers crosses the Nevada desert. Daniel Jenks, color drawing, 1859
RMHGWFJM–Fort Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, courtyard parade field o the nineteenth and early 20th century British fort that became Edmonton
RMG16CBC–1886 photograph by Solomon Butcher entitled: 'Sylvester Rawding family in front of sod house, north of Sargent, Custer County, Nebraska.' Pictured, from left to right, are Emma (Leadbetter) Rawding, Sylvester W. Rawding, daughter Bessie, and sons Philip,
RMCWB6DR–Deadly attack of a wolf upon a man, and heroic conduct of the man's wife. Woodcut ca 1867
RMA9YYBD–Mormons crossing the plains with a handcart to Utah 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut
RMFFAFA0–EMIGRANTS TO OHIO, 1789./nEmigrants from east of the Allegheny Mountains arrive at a new settlement on the banks of the Ohio River, c1789: wood engraving, 19th century, after Felix O.C. Darley.
RF2X4FPFN–Fort Laramie National Historic Site, Trading Post, Diplomatic Site, and Military Installation in Wyoming, USA
RMBTK4HP–Deadly attack of a wolf upon a man, and heroic conduct of the man's wife. Woodcut ca 1867
RMHGWFJ9–Fort Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, British fort that became Edmonton, log walls of a barracks building with covered walk
RMCWB6FP–Wagon Train to the West. A wagon train of settlers camps on the Hymboldt River, Nevada Territory. Daniel Jenks, color drawing,
RMA69KFC–Wagon train crossing the mountains 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut
RMFF751G–TEXAS: THE ALAMO, 1836. /nThe storming of the Alamo at San Antonio, Texas, 23 February 1836 by General Santa Anna and his troops. American engraving, 19th century.
RF2X4FPBR–Fort Laramie National Historic Site, Trading Post, Diplomatic Site, and Military Installation in Wyoming, USA
RMBTK4W3–The Santa Fe Trail. Bent's Fort, Daniel Jenks, color drawing, 1859
RMHGWFH3–Fort Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, interior of married men's quarters with docent and visitor
RMCWB6G8–Jedediah Smith, only known likeness, drawing ca. 1835
RMAEXPFA–Map of the Lewis and Clark route across Louisiana Territory 1804 to 1806. Hand-colored woodcut
RMFFBHTF–DESTROYING VILLAGES, 1791. /nU.S. troops destroying Native American villages, 1791, in what would later be organized as the Indiana Territory. Wood engraving, 19th century, after Felix O.C. Darley.
RF2X4FPF3–The old cavalry barracks at Fort Laramie National Historic Site, Trading Post, Diplomatic Site, and Military Installation in Wyoming, USA
RMBTK4YW–Thomas Jefferson Indian Peace Medal, relief portrait of President Thomas Jefferson in profile (obverse), clasped hands under crossed peace pipe and tomahawk (obverse). Silver coin, 1801
RMHGWFHW–Fort Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, British fort that became Edmonton, log walls of a headquarters building with covered walkway
RMCWB6JF–Homestead Act. A United States Federal law that gave an applicant freehold title to 160 acres (one quarter section or about 65
RMBM5R54–Supply wagons and US troops crossing the Great Plains, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut
RMFF9KF4–VIGILANTE LYNCHING, 1851. /nThe execution of Sam Whittaker and Robert McKenzie by vigilantes at San Francisco on 31 August 1851. Wood engraving, American, 19th century.
RF2X4FPEN–Fort Laramie National Historic Site, Trading Post, Diplomatic Site, and Military Installation in Wyoming, USA
RMBTK4TP–The Oregon Trail. Cherokee Pass, Rocky Mountains. Daniel Jenks, color drawing, 1859
RMHGWFHG–Fort Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, British fort that became Edmonton, interior of a log dining and meeting room
RMKWDK55–Three men panning for gold in a stream in the Black Hills of South Dakota in 1889. Old timers, Spriggs, Lamb, and Dillon may be die hard survivors from the Gold Rush of 1876. Photo by John Grabill, Jan. 1889 (BSLOC 2017 18 52)
RMA69M49–Settler plowing a western prairie 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut
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