adorshki
Reverential Member
Indigenous American contemplating the Transcontinental Railroad shortly after completion in 1868:
Yep. We with a capital We.Man we really did destroy it, coast to coast.
Google Quora, my other favorite hangout. No location cited, if that's what you meant. Google Image search might reveal it, but suspect it's somewhere in the CA Sierra Nevadas going by Indian's clothing and don't think it's the Rockies. Maybe Utah?Yep. We with a capital We.
Hey, Adorshki, where's the picture from?
Yep. We with a capital We.
Hey, Adorshki, where's the picture from?
Yup! It starts where "Geronimo's Cadillac" left off.There's a song in that picture...
Sorry. I wasn't clear. I meant the picture itself. Who owns it? Is it from someone's archive? A photo dealer? The Library of Congress?Google Quora, my other favorite hangout. No location cited, if that's what you meant. Google Image search might reveal it, but suspect it's somewhere in the CA Sierra Nevadas going by Indian's clothing and don't think it's the Rockies. Maybe Utah?
Sorry. I wasn't clear. I meant the picture itself. Who owns it? Is it from someone's archive? A photo dealer? The Library of Congress?
For example, the album I just made has three pictures from a museum in Kansas, and they gave me permission to use them.
I'll try Quora. Thanks!
Info from Stanford:
Indian Viewing R R From Top Of Palisades 435 Miles From Sacramento. # 340, Photograph
exhibits.stanford.edu
and the Library of Congress:
Indian viewing railroad from top of Palisades. 435 miles from Sacramento
1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph, albumen.www.loc.gov
Indigenous American contemplating the Transcontinental Railroad shortly after completion in 1868:
Like the stars:Probably a real sad day for that guy. He knows what he is looking at, he's trying to grasp it. He knows it's not good, knows his way of life will never be the same.
Tom
Like the stars:
Empire of the Summer Moon was great. It was interesting to see the early Army personnel forgetting the lessons of guerilla war that their predecessors learned in the American Revolution. I’ll have to look for the other book.Empire of the Summer Moon
*Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award* *A New York Times Notable Book* *Winner of the Texas Book Award and th...www.simonandschuster.com
Comanches by T.R. Fehrenbach: 9781400030491 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Authoritative and immediate, this is the classic account of the most powerful of the American Indian tribes. T.R. Fehrenbach traces the Comanches’ rise to power, from their prehistoric origins...www.penguinrandomhouse.com
Couple great books for those so inclined....
Empire of the Summer Moon was great. It was interesting to see the early Army personnel forgetting the lessons of guerilla war that their predecessors learned in the American Revolution. I’ll have to look for the other book.
Yep. Thanks!You did see
which gives two sources.