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[Bend of the Missouri River]. - Public domain old map

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[Map of Missouri River and vicinity from Saint Charles, Missouri, to M...

Date from accompanying text. Relief shown by symbols for "Black Mountains" or Black Hills. Some place names in both English and French. Based on surveys up to the Mandan-Hidatsa villages by James Mackay and Joh... More

Carte du Missouri : levee ou rectifiée dans toute son etendue /

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Lewis and Clark in the Land of Blackbird, "King of the Mahas"

The map is a cartographic reconstruction of Lewis and Clark's journey through the Blackbird Study Area near the Missouri River. It was created in conjunction with a study by Ryan M. Cooper, Steven L. De Vore, a... More

May, 1805-Bluffs of the Missouri River in the Lewis and Clark Slide Pr...

May, 1805-Bluffs of the Missouri River in the Lewis and Clark Slide Program.

Three Forks from Lewis Lookout - Public Domain image, National Parks G...

On August 5, 1805, Meriwether Lewis climbed to the top of a hill now known as Lewis Lookout and located a short distance from Dillon, MT. He hoped to gain a better perspective on the landscape and confirm his b... More

Map of the United States - Public domain vintage map

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Fall colors along the Missouri River

A late September view of the Missouri River channel as seen from Fort Union Trading Post's palisade wall gallery. During the trading post's active years, 1828-1867, the Missouri River flowed passed the fort at ... More

From the Bodmer Overlook - Public domain scan / drawing

A summertime view of Fort Union Trading Post from the north. The photograph was taken from Bodmer Overlook, the spot where Swiss artist Karl Bodmer sketched his famous drawing of the most prominent fur trade po... More

Jousting moose bulls - National Parks Gallery

Two moose bulls lock antlers in a contest of wills. The test of strength is viewed from the gallery along Fort Union Trading Post's south palisade wall. The bulls are tussling in the Missouri River channel at t... More

What it must have looked like - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...

What must the fort have looked like when approached on the Missouri River from the west? This view offers a hint. The picture is taken from down in the former channel of the Missouri River when the post was in ... More

Front gate and fur press - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Fort Union Trading Post's front gate and southwest bastion overlook the north bank of the Missouri River. When this American Fur Company-built trading post operated, 1828-1867, steamboats unloaded their cargo o... More

Bellvue. Mr. Dougherty's agency on the Missouri / Ch. Bodmer pinx ad ...

Illustration shows buildings, paddocks, settlers, ox cart and Indians at Bellvue, Major John Dougherty's trading post on the Missouri River. Title also in French and German. Illus. in: Voyage dans l'intérieur ... More

Map to illustrate an exploration of the country lying between the Miss...

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Map of a Reconnoissance between Fort Leavenworth on the Missouri River...

Covers the Missouri River region between Fort Leavenworth and the Great Salt Lake. Relief shown by hachures. Showing cities and towns, rivers, plains, Indian tribal areas and topographical information. "The adj... More

An Indian map of the Upper-Missouri, 1801.

Pen-and-ink and watercolor. English. Some place names in Blackfoot. Copied from a map in the London archives of the Hudson Bay Company. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image... More

A new map of the western rivers, or, Travellers guide : exhibiting the...

America Transformed: This map, designed for travelers, compressed the Mississippi River and its major tributaries—the Ohio, Illinois, and Missouri—onto one compact sheet, providing a succinct guide to towns and... More

Map of the route to the Kansas gold mines : prepared from government a...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Riviere des Lacs to the Rocky Mountains : from explorations and survey...

Scale 1:1,200,000. Relief shown by hachures. At head of title: Route near the 47th and 49th Parallels. Map no. 2. "Drawn by John Lambert. Topographer of the exploration, assisted by J. R. P. Mechlin." From U.S.... More

Manhattan, Kansas, September, 1867, 118 miles west of Missouri River.

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Dumpling Mountain, adjoining Val de Chino, Arizona, 1,290 miles west o...

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Fort Riley, Kansas, 135 miles west of Missouri River.

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Trap Dyke at Trinchera Pass, Southern Colorado, 630 miles from Missour...

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Russel's Tank, Western Arizona, 1,271 miles west of Missouri River.

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Las Vegas, New Mexico, in the foot hills of the Rocky Mountains, 755 m...

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Map of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers and their tributaries: expl...

Map of the Union Pacific Rail Road and surveys of 1864, 65, 66, 67, 18...

Topographical strip map between Council Bluffs, Iowa, to west of Great Salt Lake, Utah, showing located and experimental lines and profile of grades. Scale 1:1,267,200. LC Railroad maps, 592 Description derived... More

Map showing the railroad and highway bridge over the Missouri River at...

Detailed map of the midwestern states showing drainage, cities and towns, and the railroad network. Scale 1:1,267,200. LC Railroad maps, 131 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also throu... More

Millions of acres. Iowa and Nebraska. Land for sale on 10 years credit...

Transportation. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 134, Folder 13.

"Great Bend of the Missouri River -- showing packing-houses"

Wood engraving by Baker & Company, Chicago, after Henry Worrall. Illus. in: Joseph G. McCoy's Historic Sketches of the Cattle Trade of the West and Southwest (Kansas City, Mo., 1874) p. 303. Reference copy may ... More

Panorama of Fort Lincoln, Dakota Territory

LIBI_00019_00212; This item is an albumen panorama photograph of Fort Lincoln, D.T. The unmounted photograph is 4 3/4 x 8 3/4" was probably produced by David F. Barry circa 1875. On the verso, a handwritten n... More

Burlington & Missouri River no. 089 [4-4-0] locomotive

Manchester no. 1063--Built 1882.07 Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Randall Chapel - National Parks Gallery

Fort Randall surved as a military outpost along the Missouri River from 1863 to 1892. In 1875, soldiers stationed at the fort erected this chapel. Upon abandonment, the fort buildings, except for the chapel, we... More

Map of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers and their tributaries explo...

In lower left margin: "Western sheet. Map of Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers. From Capt. Raynolds exploration 1859-60, with additions by Major Gillespie. Published by authority of the Hon. the Secretary of War,... More

Cow Island Landing - National Parks Gallery

Cow Island Landing was a popular spot where steamboats unloaded goods for Fort Benton when the river’s water levels were too low to continue on. The supplies would be stockpiled here until they could be freight... More

Map of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers and their tributaries : exp...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Correct map of the Burlington and Missouri River R.R., the Burlington ...

Map of the United States showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, state and county boundaries, and the named railroad network. Scale ca. 1:5,000,000. LC Railroad maps, 354 Description derived fro... More

The Santa Fé route Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé R.R. 3 lines between th...

Map of the western United States from Kansas City to the Pacific showing relief by shading, drainage, state boundaries, military and Indian reservations, railroads with main lines in heavy black; lists stage co... More

Great Falls of Missouri River - stereoscopic view, public domain photo...

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Revetment work on the Missouri River, tightening the cable, Cambridge,...

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Great Falls of Missouri River - stereoscopic view, public domain photo...

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Revetment work on the Missouri River, the mat, Cambridge, Mo

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J Supplement (1901-1906). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013774. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Revetment work on the Missouri River, weaving the mat, Cambridge, Mo.

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Sinking the mat, revetment work on the Missouri River, Cambridge, Mo

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J Supplement (1901-1906). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013775. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Revetment work on the Missouri River, tightening the cable, Cambridge,...

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J Supplement (1901-1906). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013773. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Sinking the mat, revetment work on the Missouri River, Cambridge, Mo.

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Revetment work on the Missouri River, the mat, Cambridge, Mo.

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Revetment work on the Missouri River, the grader, Cambridge, Mo

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J Supplement (1901-1906). "828" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013771. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Revetment work on the Missouri River, the grader, Cambridge, Mo.

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Revetment work on the Missouri River, weaving the mat, Cambridge, Mo

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J Supplement (1901-1906). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013772. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Revetment work on the Missouri River, paving, Cambridge, Mo.

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Welcome to the Leslie Marrowbone Memorial YMCA Camp overlooking the Oa...

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May-1905-expedition enters breaks of the Missouri River in the Lewis a...

May-1905-expedition enters breaks of the Missouri River in the Lewis and Clark Slide Program.

Welcome to the Leslie Marrowbone Memorial YMCA Camp overlooking the Oa...

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The Missouri River & Gulf R.R. Located Line 25 Miles . . . In the Cher...

Railroad Right of Way Maps

The Missouri River & Gulf R.R. Located Line 25 Miles . . . In the Choc...

Railroad Right of Way Maps

The Missouri River & Gulf R.R. Located Line 25.00 Miles . . . In the C...

Railroad Right of Way Maps

The Missouri River & Gulf R.R. Located Line 16.88 Miles . . . In the C...

Railroad Right of Way Maps

The Missouri River & Gulf R.R. Located Line 25.00 Miles . . . In the C...

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The Missouri River & Gulf R.R. Located Line 25 Miles . . . In the Cree...

Railroad Right of Way Maps

The Missouri River & Gulf R.R. Located Line 25 Miles . . . In the Cree...

Railroad Right of Way Maps

The Missouri River & Gulf R.R. Located Line 25 Miles . . . Between Ind...

Railroad Right of Way Maps

The Missouri River & Gulf R.R. Located Line 21.89 Miles . . . In the C...

Railroad Right of Way Maps

The Missouri River & Gulf R.R. Located Line 25 Miles . . . In the Cher...

Railroad Right of Way Maps

Edward S. Curtis - On the banks of the Missouri

Mandan man wrapped in buffalo robe standing on cliff overlooking the Missouri River. H118555 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2836-08. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Publishe... More

Steamboat Named the Independence on the Missouri River

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Ice Saw (FOUS 735) - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

When cutting ice from the frozen Missouri River, the men may have used an ice saw (FOUS 735) similar to the one shown here. This ice saw can also be seen on display in the Fort Union Trading Post NHS museum exh... More

Flooding - Mandan, N. D. , July 8, 2011 -- A community in Mandan, ND i...

The original database describes this as: Title: Homes prepare for flooding Production Date: 07/08/2011 Caption: Mandan, N. D. , July 8, 2011 -- A community in Mandan, ND is prepared for potential flooding sh... More

River Crossing - National Parks Gallery

Cowboys driving a herd of cattle across the Missouri River around 1910.

Fort Peck Dam, on Missouri River, in Montana

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"Gates of the Mountains" on the Missouri River between Great Falls and...

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"Gates of the Mountains" on the Missouri River between Great Falls and...

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JNEM-Design Competition-Eero Saarinen-The Lewis and Clark route along ...

JNEM-Design Competition-Eero Saarinen-The Lewis and Clark route along the Missouri River. ; 1930s-1990s

End of shack occupied by single man. McKenzie County, North Dakota, ne...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Omaha, Nebraska. Missouri River in background

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Shack along the Missouri River. Omaha, Nebraska

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Omaha, Nebraska. Missouri River in background

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Shack along the Missouri River. Omaha, Nebraska

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Missouri River. Broadwater County, Montana

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Missouri River. Broadwater County, Montana

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A black and white photo of a river, Missouri River. Broadwater County,...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Corresponding file print: G 1805. Electronic surrogate made from negative with identical image: LC-USF34... More

Missouri River. Broadwater County, Montana

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Missouri River. Broadwater County, Montana

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Missouri River. Broadwater County, Montana

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Missouri River. Broadwater County, Montana

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Missouri River. Broadwater County, Montana

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Missouri River. Broadwater County, Montana

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Missouri River. Broadwater County, Montana

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Missouri River. Broadwater County, Montana

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Missouri River. Broadwater County, Montana

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Missouri River. Broadwater County, Montana

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Missouri River. Broadwater County, Montana

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Missouri River. Broadwater County, Montana

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Missouri River. Broadwater County, Montana

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Missouri River. Broadwater County, Montana

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Missouri River. Broadwater County, Montana

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Missouri River. Broadwater County, Montana

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Missouri River. Broadwater County, Montana

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Williams County, North Dakota. Bridge across the Missouri River was gu...

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Williams County, North Dakota. Bridge across the Missouri River was gu...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More