Friday, April 3, 2015

How the Wild West looked: Gorgeous sepia-tinted pictures show the landscape as it was charted for the very first time

Via Colby

Native: Maiman, a Mojave Indian, guide and interpreter during a portion of the season in the Colorado country, in 1871

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These remarkable 19th century sepia-tinted pictures show the American West as you have never seen it before - as it was charted for the first time.

The photos, by Timothy O'Sullivan, are the first ever taken of the rocky and barren landscape.

At the time federal government officials were travelling across Arizona, Nevada, Utah and the rest of the west as they sought to uncover the land's untapped natural resources.

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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 3, 2015 at 5:45 PM

    One would suppose while the Fed gov was wandering across the West looking
    for natural resources, they were trampling all over Native Americans land with
    no regards for others property.
    The pictures, by the way, are stunning.

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    1. Brock TownsendApril 3, 2015 at 6:22 PM

      Yes, just give up your guns, no worries and go to the beautiful reservations we are furnishing you...............

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    2. AnonymousApril 3, 2015 at 9:27 PM

      That's right. THEY gave the Native Americans, they thought, the most
      worthless land and when they discovered the land had valuable natural
      resources like copper, uranium, the garbage gov. just took the land back and went mining. Must be imminent domain. (sarcasm)

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    3. Brock TownsendApril 3, 2015 at 9:33 PM

      Must be imminent domain. (sarcasm)

      Really.

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