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xi Illustrations 1. Thomas M. Easterly, Thomas M. Easterly, 1845 2 2. Thomas M. Easterly, Big Mound, Fifth and Mound Streets, about 1852 4 3. Thomas M. Easterly, Big Mound, Fifth and Mound Streets, about 1854 4 4. Thomas M. Easterly, Chouteau’s Pond, View South from Eighth and Clark Streets, 1850 5 5. Thomas M. Easterly, Chouteau’s Pond After Pond Was Drained, H. Chouteau Residence in Background, Herd of Cows in Foreground, about 1854 6 6. J. C. Wild, View of St. Louis from South of Chouteau’s Lake, 1840 7 7. Unknown, The Big Mound at St. Louis, frontispiece, 1869 8 8. Thomas M. Easterly, Big Mound, Looking East from Fifth and Mound Streets, about 1869 8 9. Thomas M. Easterly, Big Mound During Destruction, about 1869 9 10. Thomas M. Easterly, Big Mound Shown Partially Graded, about 1869 9 11. Thomas M. Easterly, Big Mound During Destruction, about 1869 10 12. Thomas M. Easterly, The Big Mound During Destruction, about 1869 10 13. Thomas M. Easterly, The Big Mound During Destruction, about 1869 11 14. Thomas M. Easterly, Big Mound During Destruction: The Last of the Big Mound, about 1869 11 15. Thomas M. Easterly, The Big Mound During Destruction: The Last of the Big Mound, about 1869 12 16. J. C. Wild, North East View of St. Louis from the Illinois Shore, about 1840 13 17. Unknown, Cross-Section of the Big Mound at St. Louis, nd 15 18a. Unknown, Plan of St. Louis, Including the Late Additions, engraving for Beck’s Gazetteer, 1822 17 18b. Detail 17 19. John Egan, Detail of Scene 20 of the Panorama of the Monumental Grandeur of the Mississippi Valley, about 1850 19 20. Unknown, Ancient American Battleground, nd 20 21. Thomas M. Easterly, Fourth Street Looking South from Olive Street, about 1866 21 22. Alexander Hesler, Falls of Minnehaha, Minnesota, 1852 29 23. Joel Emmons Whitney, Self-Portrait, about 1875 30 xii illustrations 24. Joel Emmons Whitney, Charles D. Elfelt’s Store and Whitney’s Gallery, Third and Cedar, St. Paul, 1852 31 25. Whitney’s Gallery, City of St. Paul, Minnesota, about 1862 35 26. Max Strobel, City of St. Paul, Capital of Minesota [sic], 1853 36 27. Whitney’s Gallery advertisement, 1853 39 28. Whitney’s Gallery, Dalles of the St. Croix backplate, about 1870 39 29. Whitney and Zimmerman, Minne-Ha-Ha.—(Laughing Water.), about 1865 41 30. Whitney and Zimmerman, Minne-Ha-Ha—(Laughing Water.), about 1880 42 31. Advertisement for Whitney’s Gallery, St. Paul, about 1867 43 32. Charles Zimmerman, Minne-ha-ha, Laughing Water, about 1865 44 33. Whitney and Zimmerman, Minne-Ha Ha—Laughing Water, about 1865 45 34. Joel Whitney, Falls of St. Anthony, 1865 46 35. Alfred R. Waud, Falls of Minnehaha, nd 48 36. Harry Fenn, Cascade in Virginia, nd 49 37. Harry Fenn, Niagara, nd 49 38. Photograph of Hiawatha and Minnehaha statue, Minneapolis, 1916 54 39. Peter Britt, Self-Portrait, nd 56 40. Peter Britt, Jacksonville, 1860s 56 41. Peter Britt, Rogue River, nd 57 42. Peter Britt, Crater Lake, 1874 58 43. Peter Britt, Crater Lake, 1874 63 44. Peter Britt, Crater Lake, 1874 64 45. Peter Britt, Crater Lake with Emil Seated at the Rim, 1874 65 46. Peter Britt, Mt. Shasta, 1870s 66 47. Peter Britt, Crater Lake, 1875 67 48. Peter Britt, Crater Lake and Wizard Island, nd 68 49. Carleton Watkins, The Yosemite Valley, from the Mariposa Trail, nd 70 50. Peter Britt, Pioneer Portrait and Landscape advertising card, nd 75 51. Solomon Butcher, My First House in Neb. (Solomon Butcher in front of his dugout), about 1880 78 52. Solomon Butcher, Ira Watson Family, near Sargent, Custer County, Nebraska, about 1886 79 53. Solomon Butcher, Pioneer Map of Custer County, nd 80 54. Solomon Butcher, detail, Solomon Butcher’s Photography Wagon at the I. N. Butler Sod House near Jefferson, Custer County, Nebraska, about 1886 81 55. Solomon Butcher, The Power of Suggestion (family in front of sod house, Woods Park, Custer County), about 1886 84 56. Solomon Butcher, Homestead in Southeast Custer County, Nebraska, about 1887 85 57. Solomon Butcher, Mr. and Mrs. Davis on Clear Creek near the Mitchell Ranch, Custer County, Nebraska, about 1886 86 58. Solomon Butcher, James Pierce Home near Somerford, Custer County, Nebraska, about 1886 87 [18.119.131.72] Project MUSE (2024-04-24 16:02 GMT) xiii illustrations 59. Solomon Butcher, Using All the Farm for Crops, Custer County, Nebraska, about...

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