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Gustavus Sohon (1825-1903), a German immigrant, was employed by the U.S. government between 1852 and 1863 as an illustrator and cartographer of explorations of the Rockies and Pacific Northwest. During his last five years of federal service, he worked under Col. George Wright, who headed a military expedition associated with the building of the Mullan Road, a 624-mile-long military wagon road constructed to connect the Columbia and Missouri rivers.
Gustavus Sohon collection, Mss 5346, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Contains material previously designated Mss 5346-1 through Mss 5346-8.
Eight tinted lithographs of scenes of the Midwest, primarily Montana, done for the U.S. Pacific Railroad Exploration and Survey Report, 1854-1855. Scenes include: crossing the Hellgate River (near Clark Fork), the Rocky Mountains, the Bitterroot Mountains, and the Missouri River.
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