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| Title | Herd of Bison near Lake Jessie |
| Date of Original | 1859 |
| Creator | Stanley, John Mix, 1814-1872
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| Creator Role | Illustrator
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| Description | From atop hill looking down on broad plain broken by small bodies of water with bison extending across prairie to the horizon |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | Environment
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Bison
Hills
Lakes & ponds
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| Subject (LCSH) | Horizon
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| Location | Lake Jessie (Griggs County, N.D.)
Griggs County (N.D.)
North Dakota
United States
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| Decade | 1850-1859
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| Item Number | Folio F593.U58Vol.12 |
| Format of Original | Lithographs
Color images
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| Dimensions of Original | 21 x 29 cm. |
| Publisher of Original | Bien, Julius, 1826-1909
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| Place of Publication | New York (N.Y.)
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| Transcription | ""U.S.P.R.R. EXP & SURVEYS 47 & 49 PARALLELS.; GENERAL REPORT - PLATE X.; Stanley del.; J. Bien N.Y. lith.; HERD OF BISON NEAR LAKE JESSIE. "" - Printed on front of lithograph.
" July 10 [1853]... About 7 o'clock we reached the main train, encamped some seven miles off. The train was preparing to move, and soon after we came up to started. At 8 o'clock we followed and passed them. About five miles from camp we ascended to the top of a high hill, and for a great distance ahead every square mile seemed to have a herd of buffalo upon it. Their number was variously estimated by the members of the party, some as high as half a million. I do not think it is an exaggeration to set it down at 200, 000. I had heard of the myriads of these animals inhabiting these plains, but I could not realize the truth of these accounts till to-day, when they surpassed anything I could have imagined from the accounts which I had received...." -Accompanying text on page 46 of report. |
| Notes | Title from caption. |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, Institute for Regional Studies
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| Repository Collection | Dakota Lithographs and Engravings Collection Folio 102
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| Collection Finding Aid | Consult: http://hdl.handle.net/10365/6673 |
| Credit Line | Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo (Folio F593.U58Vol.12) |
| Language | eng; |
| Digital ID | rsL00097 |
| Original Source | Reports of Explorations and Surveys to Acertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean. Supplement to volume I. 1859. between pages 46 and 47. |
