A few of these paintings date from William Henry Jackson's service during the Civil War. However, most were created by Jackson in the 1930s when he was already more than 90 years old. The monument's museum collections also contain many Jackson drawings, photographs and other Jackson-related material.
Transparencies (4 X 5) are available for loan for those paintings marked with an asterisk. A slide set containing 60 of the Jackson paintings is available as a sales item through the Oregon Trail Museum Association (308-436-2975). Some examples of Jackson's work (97K JPEG) can be seen on-screen.
CATALOG NO. TITLE/DESCRIPTION
*SCBL 14 - "SMITH-JACKSON-SUBLETTE EXPEDITION". Watercolor on artist board depicting a wagon train and men on horseback.
*SCBL 17 - "FUR TRADER'S CARAVAN LEAVING ST LOUIS". Watercolor on artist board. A near-duplicate of SCBL 14.
*SCBL 18 - "RENDEZVOUS". Watercolor on artist board depicting fur traders and Indians camped together.
*SCBL 19 - "WESTPORT LANDING". Watercolor on artist board depicting a riverboat off-loading wagons. A near-duplicate of SCBL 280.
*SCBL 20 - "ALCOVE SPRINGS". Watercolor on artist board depicting a wagon train halted near a small waterfall.
*SCBL 21 - "ROCK CREEK STATION". Watercolor depicting covered ox-drawn wagons near some log buildings.
*SCBL 22 - "FORT KEARNY". Watercolor depicting large herd of buffalo passing in front of a wagon train.
*SCBL 23 - "CROSSING THE SOUTH PLATTE". Watercolor depicts ox-drawn wagons crossing a wide river.
*SCBL 24 - "CHIMNEY ROCK, JULY 31,1866". Watercolor on medium stock paper depicting the Oregon Trail landmark known as Chimney Rock.
*SCBL 25 - "APPROACHING CHIMNEY ROCK". Watercolor depicts a wagon train in the foreground, nearing Chimney Rock.
*SCBL 26 - "SCOTTS BLUFF". Watercolor depicts ox-drawn wagons passing through Mitchell Pass.
*SCBL 27 - "MITCHELL PASS". Watercolor on medium stock paper. A near- duplicate of SCBL 26.
*SCBL 28 - "FORT MITCHELL". Watercolor depicts a stockaded military post in center foreground and Scotts Bluff in the distance.
*SCBL 29 - "FORT LARAMIE". Watercolor depicts ox-drawn wagons approaching a river and a fort.
*SCBL 30 - "LABONTE CREEK". Watercolor depicts a train of covered wagons making their way through some dark mountains.
*SCBL 31 - "INDEPENDENCE ROCK". Watercolor depicts ox-drawn wagons approaching the Oregon Trail landmark known as Independence Rock.
*SCBL 32 - "ALONG THE SWEETWATER NEAR SPLIT ROCK". Watercolor depicts the a Pony Express station and the many means of travel used on the trail.
*SCBL 33 - "THREE CROSSINGS STATION". Watercolor depicts a Pony Express station and a departing rider.
*SCBL 34 - "ST. MARY'S STATION". Watercolor depicts a Pony Express station and a rider.
*SCBL 35 - "WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS". Watercolor landscape on medium stock paper, with a winding river in the foreground.
*SCBL 37 - "WESTWARD AMERICA". Watercolor that shows the evolution in methods of transportation in the West. Very wide format.
*SCBL 40 - "MORMON PARTY NEAR FORT BRIDGER". Watercolor depicts Mormon handcart brigade fording a stream.
*SCBL 41 - "SALT LAKE VALLEY". Watercolor depicts ox-drawn wagon train about to enter a lush green valley.
*SCBL 42 - "MARSHALL FINDS GOLD". Watercolor depicting the discovery of gold in California.
*SCBL 43 - "THREE ISLAND CROSSING". Watercolor depicting a wagon train using three islands to cross a wide river.
*SCBL 44 - "BLUE MOUNTAINS". Watercolor showing a wagon train working its way down into a broad valley.
*SCBL 45 - "WHITMAN MISSION". Watercolor of a number of rough-hewn buildings near a roadway. Similar to SCBL 151.
*SCBL 46 - "BARLOW CUTOFF". Watercolor on artist board rimmed with black framing tape. Depicts wagons bogged down in a muddy road.
*SCBL 47 - "BIRTH OF OREGON". Watercolor of several people gathered around a man waving an American flag.
*SCBL 53 - WAGON TRAIN. Watercolor wash, horizontal format, on medium stock paper. Depicts a wagon train approaching some bluffs.
SCBL 97 - WOMAN IN BLUE DRESS. Watercolor on heavy stock paper, shows a Pueblo woman seated on the ground.
SCBL 106 - "SANTE FE 1877". Watercolor on heavy stock paper, depicting a white, one-story building with a wrap-around porch.
SCBL 117 - "ROCK ISLAND, 1866". Watercolor wash on medium stock paper, shows two people fishing on a river bank.
*SCBL 121 - "ECHO CANYON, UTAH". Watercolor on medium stock paper, depicting a canyon with steep, red rock walls.
*SCBL 124 - UINTA MOUNTAINS. Watercolor on heavy stock paper, showing a wide valley with white mountains in the distance.
*SCBL 125 - MOUTH OF ECHO CANYON. Watercolor on heavy stock paper depicts a roadway passing through a canyon.
*SCBL 126 - "WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS". Watercolor on heavy stock paper. A near- duplicate of SCBL 35.
*SCBL 127 - "PARLEY'S CANYON". Watercolor on heavy stock paper showing a wagon train in rugged terrain.
*SCBL 134 - "BETWEEN BEAVER DAM AND MUDDY". Watercolor/ink wash on medium stock paper depicts a roadway passing through cactus.
*SCBL 137 - "WILLOW SPRINGS". Watercolor on heavy stock paper showing a stagecoach approaching three buildings.
SCBL 144 - "LONG'S PEAK, 1873". Watercolor on paper glued onto a backing. It depicts a snow-covered mountain.
SCBL 145 - ROCKY MOUNTAIN WILD FLOWERS - 1. Watercolor on medium stock brown paper.
SCBL 146 - ROCKY MOUNTAIN WILD FLOWERS - 2. Watercolor on medium stock brown paper.
SCBL 147 - ROCKY MOUNTAIN WILD FLOWERS - 3. Watercolor on medium stock brown paper.
*SCBL 148 - "RED BUTTES, WYOMING". Watercolor rimmed with blue framing tape, shows telegraph line being strung with a Pony Express rider in the foreground.
*SCBL 149 - "OLD VIRGINIA CITY". Watercolor depicts men leading pack mules toward a town built on the side of a hill.
*SCBL 150 - "UNDER THE TETONS". Watercolor showing a fur trader rendezvous.
*SCBL 151 - "WHITMAN MISSION". Watercolor of four log buildings near a road. Similar to SCBL 45.
*SCBL 152 - "HISTORIC HOMECOMING". Watercolor that depicts Lewis and Clark returning Sacajawea to her people.
*SCBL 153 - "BUFFALO STAMPEDE". Watercolor rimmed with black framing tape, showing Indians stampeding a herd of buffalo past a wagon train.
*SCBL 154 - "RED BUTTES". Watercolor depicting Indians on horseback leaving the Stuart campsite in Wyoming.
*SCBL 155 - "LOS AMERICANOS" OR "SANTE FE TRAIL". Watercolor depicting a mule train being greeted by Mexican horseman.
*SCBL 156 - "WAGON TRAIN BY SPLIT ROCK". Watercolor outlined in ink. It shows a wagon train near Split Rock in Wyoming.
*SCBL 157 - "INDIANS DRIVING BUFFALO OVER CLIFF". Watercolor that shows Plains Indian horsemen driving buffalo over a cliff.
*SCBL 158 - "WHITE MEN HUNTING BUFFALO". Watercolor framed in ink depicting two buffalo hunters shooting at a small herd of buffalo.
*SCBL 159 - "COUNCIL BETWEEN WHITES AND INDIANS". Watercolor framed in ink showing a meeting between fur trappers and Indians.
*SCBL 160 - "HYDRAULIC GOLD MINING". Watercolor depicting the use of high pressure water hoses to loosen earth for mining.
*SCBL 161 - "SOD HOUSE". Ink-framed watercolor of a pioneer family and their sod house.
*SCBL 162 - "OLD FORT LARAMIE". Watercolor of a sod-walled fort with corner bastions.
*SCBL 163 - "CHISHOLM TRAIL". Watercolor showing cowboys herding longhorn cattle.
*SCBL 164 - "PONY EXPRESS RIDER". Watercolor rimmed with blue framing tape showing a buckskin-clad horseman being pursued by Indians.
*SCBL 165 - "ECHO CANYON". Watercolor depicting ox-drawn wagons in a sheer- walled canyon.
*SCBL 170 - THE RIO VIRGIN. Watercolor of a river winding through some hills.
SCBL 179 - ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL. Watercolor wash depicting a number of buildings on an island in the middle of a river.
SCBL 181 - "BETWEEN GREEN RIVER AND GRANGER". Watercolor showing a road lined with telegraph poles leading toward a dark mesa.
SCBL 206 - ROCKY MOUNTAIN WILD FLOWERS. Watercolor of two types of flowers.
SCBL 207 - ROCKY MOUNTAIN WILD FLOWERS. Watercolor of a plant with multiple stems.
SCBL 208 - ROCKY MOUNTAIN WILD FLOWERS. Watercolor of a plant with blue flowers.
SCBL 209 - ROCKY MOUNTAIN WILD FLOWERS. Watercolor of a plant with broad leaves.
SCBL 210 - ROCKY MOUNTAIN WILD FLOWERS. Watercolor similar to SCBL 146.
SCBL 211 - ROCKY MOUNTAIN WILD FLOWERS. Watercolor of a plant with small yellow flowers.
SCBL 230 - SHREWSBURY AND KELLINGTON PEAKS. Watercolor wash of a mountain landscape.
SCBL 234 - HOUSE AT FAIRFAX COURT HOUSE, 1863. Watercolor wash of a red house with a white portico.
SCBL 252 - FAIRFAX COURT HOUSE, VIRGINIA. Watercolor wash of a red brick building with a white cupola.
*SCBL 275 - EMIGRANTS AT KANESVILLE. Watercolor depicting many wagon trains of Mormon emigrants approaching a river ferry.
*SCBL 276 - "OLD FORT KEARNY". Watercolor depicting emigrants speaking with two army officers.
*SCBL 277 - "VIRGINIA DALE STATION". Watercolor rimmed with gold framing tape showing a stage coach departing a white building with a red roof.
*SCBL 278 - "SAND HILLS OF THE PLATTE RIVER". Watercolor rimmed with black framing tape depicting ox-drawn wagons and rolling brown hills.
*SCBL 279 - MOUNTED MEN AND PACKMULES. Oil in gray tones - perhaps a night scene. It shows horsemen in a valley.
*SCBL 280 - "WESTPORT". A near-duplicate of SCBL 19.
*SCBL 2129 - "PHOTOGRAPHING THE MOUNT OF THE HOLY CROSS". An oil depicting William Henry Jackson with his camera and tripod in the foreground.
*SCBL 2130 - "HOLY CROSS". An oil showing several men hauling equipment up a slope with the Mount of the Holy Cross in the distance.
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