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KANSAS CITY JOURNAL-POST (Gravure Section only), Missouri, September 6, 1925
* Santa Fee Trail images... 100th year anniversary
Complete Gravure section of this 1925 newspaper. The key feature are the two Santa Fe Trail-themed 1/2 page prints. Other prints reflecting the news of the day are also included.
Fragile, but in good condition for the period.

NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Jan. 15, 1820 

* Early report on exploring the Yellowstone

Certainly the best article in this issue is the lengthy report headed: "Expedition to the Yellow Stone" which has some great detail on this expedition, which is a very early report. The text takes over 3 pages and includes a half pg. chart headed: "Statement Showing the Movement of the Troops composing the Missouri & Mississippi Expedition in the course of the year 1819".
Among other reports in…

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Nov. 23, 1839  

* Peoria Party
* Oregon Country
* American pioneers

The most intriguing report is a lengthy page 2 article headed: "The Oregon Expedition" which is a detailed travelogue of what is famously known as the "Peoria Party".
This was a group of men from Peoria in Illinois, who set out about May 1, 1839 with the intention to colonize the Oregon country on behalf of the United States and drive out the English fur trading…

NEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE, July 10, 1867  

* Post Civil War Westward expansion
* Indians - Native Americans tensions

The years following the Civil War were years of expansion west, causing the inevitable conflict with the Native American tribes. Such reports were not uncommon in period newspapers. This is one such issue.
The front page has: "The Indian War" with over half a column with some great content as shown in the photos.
Eight pages, very nice condition.

OLIVE BRANCH, Boston, 1850-1856  A lot of four issues in mixed condition, all with a great masthead and with at least some westward-expansion themed reporting and/or advertising.  One of the more decorative mastheads  of the era. 
Four pages, some fold wear, edge tears, etc.  All issues are complete and are offered at a significant discount over their single issue price. The image shown is an example of the look and condition of a typical paper from this lot.  Actual issues vary within the…

OLIVE BRANCH, Boston, 1854 and 1856  A lot of four issues in mixed condition, all with a great masthead and with at least some westward-expansion themed reporting and/or advertising.  One of the more decorative mastheads  of the era. 
Four pages, some fold wear, edge tears, etc.  All issues are complete and are offered at a significant discount over their single issue price. The image shown is an example of the look and condition of a typical paper from this lot.  Actual issues vary within…

OLIVE BRANCH, Boston, 1850-1856  A lot of four issues in mixed condition, all with a great masthead and with at least some westward-expansion themed reporting and/or advertising.  One of the more decorative mastheads  of the era.  Four pages, some fold wear, edge tears, etc.  All issues are complete and are offered at a significant discount over their single issue price. The image shown is an example of the look and condition of a typical paper from this lot.  Actual issues vary within the…

OLIVE BRANCH, Boston, 1850-1856  A lot of four issues in mixed condition, all with a great masthead and with at least some westward-expansion themed reporting and/or advertising.  One of the more decorative mastheads  of the era.  Four pages, some fold wear, edge tears, etc.  All issues are complete and are offered at a significant discount over their single-issue price. The image shown is an example of the look and condition of a typical paper from this lot.  Actual issues vary within the…

NEW-HAMSHIRE PATRIOT & STATE GAZETTE, Concord, Oct. 21, 1822 On the front page under "Expedition To The Rocky Mountains" is a lengthy extract from the "History of the Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains". The expedition was led by Maj. Long in 1819. Takes most of three columns. Hole in unrelated content affects each leaf.

NEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE, June 12, 1867  The years following the Civil War were years of expansion west, causing the inevitable conflict with the Native American tribes. Such reports were not uncommon in period newspapers. This is one such issue.
The front page has: "The Indian War" which takes half a column with some fine content.
Page 7 has: "Colorado" "Mining In Colorado--Speculation and Swindling--Prospects--Scenery of the Snowy Range" which is a great, travelogueesque report from…

NEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE, June 26, 1867  The years following the Civil War were years of expansion west, causing the inevitable conflict with the Native American tribes. Such reports were not uncommon in period newspapers. This is one such issue.
The front page has: "The Indian War" which takes close to half a column.
Page 7 has: "Colorado" "The Indians--Climate--Agricultural Matters" which is a great, travelogueesque report from Colorado some 9 years before it would become a state.
Eight…

NEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE, June 5, 1867  The years following the Civil War were years of expansion west, causing the inevitable conflict with the Native American tribes. Such reports were not uncommon in period newspapers. This is one such issue.
The front page has: "The Indian War" which takes close to half a column with some fine content. It begins: "A Fort Kearney dispatch...says that the war on the Platte is fairly begun. Ranches are burned, stock stolen, and settlers murdered daily..."…

NEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE, Aug. 21, 1867  The years following the Civil War were years of expansion west, causing the inevitable conflict with the Native American tribes. Such reports were not uncommon in period newspapers. This is one such issue.
The front page has: "The Indian War" with some nice accounts taking about one-third of a column.
Eight pages, staining to the front page (but not close to the mentioned content), otherwise nice condition.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 17, 1875  Full front page: 'The Great Rifle Match'; nice full page cartoon showing: 'Sketches in Charleston, S.C.' showing mostly Blacks; great full page: 'Railroad Building on the Great Plains' is great for display.  A Black-themed cartoonish full page illustration: 'Hi! Abe. Come Under de Brellar! Does yer Want to Sunstruck Yerself? De Fremoniter's Gone Up More'n a Foot!'; a full page illustration:  'He Tries to Steal Away'; a half page illustration: 'Boat…

NEW YORK HERALD, September 12, 1874

* Hunting in the Rocky Mountains
* Elk - deer - bear - antelope & more

The top of page 5 has one column headings: "ROCKY MOUNTAIN GAME" "Shooting in the Valleys West of the 'Divide'" and more. (see) Text takes up over a full column.
Other news of the day. Complete in 12 pages, small damp stain on the ftpg., nice condition.

NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Oct. 6, 1827  Page 4 has: "Red Jacket Deposed", being an article on the end of the famous Seneca Indian chief reign. The article notes in part: "...that the long celebrated chief Red Jacket has been deposed by his brethren & associates...He has been for a long time extremely dissipated and in every respect morally worthless. He is about 70 years of age...". The conclusion of the article includes the "X" signatures of the various tribal members.
Also within…

THE WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, March 19, 1825 

* Maryland Jew Bill becomes law - passes

The prime content in this issue is the page 2 report from "Maryland" noting three acts that have passed the legislature, the first & most significant being the Jew Bill, which for many years had been attempted before finally being approved in 1825.
The text of the bill includes: "Be it enacted by the general assembly of Maryland, that every citizen of this state professing the Jewish religion, and…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 16, 1899  Full front page illus. of "Santa Claus: These New-Fangled Chimneys are Very Trying to an Old Fogy Like Me.", by W.A. Rogers. "A Glance Ahead - Being a Christmas Tale of A.D.  3568" by John Kendrick Bangs takes 3 pages and includes several color prints.  
Inside are two full pgs. of illus. of "The War in South Africa - Scenes in and About Ladysmith." Full pg. illus. of "Bethlehem on Christmas Day." Full pg. of illus. of "Views of he Paris…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, July 13, 1867 Halfpg: 'Heck Hall, Evanston, Ill.' 'Market Scene in Macon, Ga.' shows many blacks. Fullpg: 'Interior of Faneuil Hall, Boston' & 'A Scene in the Old Ladies Home, Brooklyn' Nice fullpg. illus. of 'Birds from the Central Park Collection'. Halfpg: 'The American Rocky Mountain Sheep' & 'The Rocky Mountain Mule Deer'
Complete in sixteen pages.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York,  November 10, 1883  The entire ftpg. is a nice portrait of: "Lieut. General Philip Henry Sheridan". Inside has a very nice full page print by A. B. Frost captioned: "Still-Hunting The Moose" and another full page: "The Geysers of the Upper Basin, Yellowstone National Park" which includes 11 vignettes, each captioned. A halfpg. shows: "Sugar Plantation at Rio Grande, New Jersey" and a full page has several vignettes showing Western scenes & captioned: "Mining Life In…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 15, 1899  Nice full ftpg. showing a 'Rocky Mountain Sheep Hunting' scene. Nice fullpg. golf print by A.B. Frost: 'Winter Golf--Play the Like In Four' shows several golfers. Great doublepage centerfold: 'Trout Fishing in a Penna. Stream'. Halfpg. bicycle print, and a fullpg. re. the war in Manila.
Other news and advertisements of the day are included. This issue is complete in 32 pages and is in good condition.

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Dec. 15, 1843  

* Explorer John C. Fremont
* 2nd Expedition to Oregon

Page 3 has: "From Oregon" which includes in part: "...that ten men, who left with Lieut. Fremont for Oregon last spring, reached that city on Sunday...They bring a very unfavorable account of their expedition, having been compelled for a portion of the time to subsist on horse flesh..." with more.
Four pages, very nice condition.

Background: In 1843, John C. Frémont…

EVANSVILLE DAILY JOURNAL, Indiana, May 14, 1874

* Yellowstone wagon road and prospecting expedition
* Bozeman MT Montana - Tongue River

This uncommon title has news of the day with several interesting advertisements.
The front page has one column headings: "The Yellowstone" "Failure of the Expedition--A Blue Account of Its Troubles" See image for text here.
Complete in 8 pages, irregular along the spine, otherwise in very nice condition.

EVANSVILLE DAILY JOURNAL, Evansville, Indiana, June 14, 1873

* Wetzell County, WV lynching
* Paris, Kentucky execution
* Yellowstone exploration

This uncommon title has news of the day with several interesting advertisements.
The front page has one column headings: "Lynch Law in West Virginia" "Public Executions" "Bungling Job at Paris, Ky."
Page 2 has: "Dakota Letter" "A Trip Up The Yellowstone River....". The text takes up over 1 full column.
Complete in 8 pages, very minor…

LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, from New York, dated January 6, 1872 Taking half of the tipped-in doublepage centerfold is a scene: "The Yellowstone Region--The Great American Geysers Of The Fire-Hole Basin."  The centerfold has an archival mend to a tear in the unrelated print below the Yellowstone scene. The front cover features a large illustration "Life Sketches in the Metropolis - the First Skate of the Season"; a fullpage political satire "A Pleasant Neighbor" and another fullpage illustration…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 18, 1872  The front page has stacked column heads including: "The Yellowstone Region as a National Park". 
The corresponding article is headed: "A National Play-Ground" which includes: "The bill introduced... by Mr. Claggett, of Montana, to reserve the Yellowstone region for a grand pleasure ground for the people...has been referred to the Committee on Public Lands..." with more. It would officially become the world's first National Park on March 1, 1872.
Page 4 has…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 9, 1887  Very nice full ftpg: "The Yellowstone In Winter--A Surprise" shows skiers coming upon a heard of elk. Nice doublepage centerfold: "Winter Scenes in the Yellowstone National Park" shows 8 scenes including 1 of "Old Faithful Geyser Going Off". Halfpg: "Catching Herring". Full page print by W.A. Rogers: "Uncle Sam's 'Wild West' (East and South) Show--The Inter-State Commissioners Moving on the Animals" plus much more.
Other news and advertisements of the…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 29, 1893  Front full pg. of portraits of "The German Army Bill." Inside is a full pg. of illus. of "In the Colorado Mining Camps." Full pg. of illus. of "The French Difficulty with Siam." Four full pages of illus. of "The Yellowstone National Park." 1/2 pg. illus. of "The United States Steamship 'Columbia'." 1/4 pg. illus. of "The United States Steamship 'Minneapolis'."
Complete issue.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 6, 1888  Front full pg. illus. of "Her First Muskallonge." Inside is a 1/2 pg. illus. of "The New Court House of Allegheny County, at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania." Four small portraits of "The Chief Witnesses Before the Parnell Judicial Commission." Full pg. illus. of "Sketches from the Fleetwood Trotting Track."
Two full pg. illus. of "The Halibut Fishery" and "The Latest Arrival." Full pg. containing four illus. pertaining to "Shoshone and the Yellowstone."…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 25, 1883  Great fullpg: "The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River, in the National Park" is very displayable.Full ftpg. print by W. A. Rogers: "Miss Diana in the Adirondacks: A Shot Across the Lake". Halfpg: "Louisville Exposition--Central Nave, Looking North From The Centre Of The Building" and "Strolling Photographer in Chinatown, New York". Full page print: "The Foreign Exhibition at Boston, Massachusetts".  Fullpg: "Gardening in New York" which includes 7…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Nov. 10, 1883  The entire front page is a nice portrait of: "Lieut. General Philip Henry Sheridan".
Inside has a very nice, full page print by A. B. Frost captioned: "Still-Hunting The Moose" and another full page: "The Geysers of the Upper Basin, Yellowstone National Park" which includes 11 vignettes, each captioned. A half page shows: "Sugar Plantation at Rio Grande, New Jersey" and a full page has several vignettes showing Western scenes & captioned: "Mining Life…

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, June 26, 1819  Page 2 has: "Yellowstone Expedition" which has two letters from Col. Johnson, the first from "off Cape Girardeau" and nearly "50 miles against the current of the Mississippi" with mention of difficult perils encountered on the river, and a second letter reporting that he was at St. Louis with 200 tons of provisions but that the 6th Regiment was "...yet in our rear... the rifle regiment is ready and is divided between the Belle Fountain and Martins…

MASSACHUSETTS SPY, OR WORCESTER GAZETTE, June 30, 1819.

* 1819 Yellowstone Expedition

A pg. 2 report from Jeffersonville says: "The U.S. Steamboat, Western Engineer, passed this place...on her way up the Missouri. There also passed on the same day, and were piloted over the falls, 9 keels, containing part of the expedition to the Yellow Stone under the command of Col. Atkinson, Capt. Foster, commanding a tenth keel...in company with the expedition and destined to the Falls of St.…

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, MA, Jan. 9, 1819 A pg. 2 report from "Kentucky" says that Col. Johnson is preparing two steam boats to ascend the Missouri in the spring, with troops and provisions to the Yellowstone River. Mentions that the expedition group is building a fort at Cow Island 400 miles above St. Louis, that the Indians exhibit a "hostile disposition" and that they cannot proceed without reinforcements. Also word that in the summer a fort might be establishbed at St. Peter, near…

PORTLAND TRANSCRIPT, Maine, Dec. 10, 1881  There is an interesting ad on an inside page promoting "Wolf & Buffalo Robes - Horse Blankets" with a bit more detail. Also in this is "A Trip To The Yellowstone" and "What Frightened Stonewall Jackson In Mexico" as well more articles, stories, poems and advertisements.
This is complete in eight pages and is in good condition. There is a very small address label in the masthead area.

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, Aug. 20, 1883  The front page has: "Criminal Calendar - Additional Particulars of the Tragedy at Estancia Ranchm NB.M. - Frank James Trial--A Gang of Burglars Broken Up--Free Fight at a Picnic--The Daily Record".
Inside includes: "El Paso's Ways - The Peculiarities of a  Now Thriving Frontier Town--A Place where Border Ruffian and Banker Jostle Each Other--The Gambling Hells and Churches" which has much on early El Paso. Also: "Yellowstone Park -…

CONNECTICUT COURANT, Hartford, Jan. 14, 1820 Pg. 3 has news about Yellow Stone Expedition noting the arrivals of Cols. Atkinson Chambers, Major Biddle, Capts. Smith and Carney at St. Louis, plus a few more details and word about the arrival of other personnel. Other news of the day includes: "Kentucky" "The Vermont Murder" "Restriction Of Slavery" and much more. Some lite staining in unrelated content, bit of lite rubbing in this content, large area of foxing.

THE CONNECTICUT COURANT, Hartford, Sept. 15, 1800

* re. the creation of the state of Indiana
* Gabriel Prosser's slave insurrection

 Page 3 has a brief & early report on Gabriel's Rebellion,
It notes: "An insurrection was discovered on the 30th alt. among the negroes in the neighborhood of Richmond, Vir. and some of them are lodged in the gaol [jail] of that city...".
Gabriel's Rebellion was a planned slave rebellion in the Richmond, Virginia, area in the summer of 1800. Information…

NEW YORK SPECTATOR, June 25, 1819  Page 2 has: "Yellow Stone Expedition" which is a letter fro Col. James  Johnson from near Girardeau, followed by another letter from "Off St. Louis". Two notable letters from his significant & early expedition. The back page has a curious article; "Cow with a Wooden Leg".
Four pages, nice condition.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 30, 1887  Full ftpg. Roger's: 'Around Columbia's May Pole' is a political cartoon. Halfpg: 'Children's Park & Play Ground, San Francisco' Beautiful fullpg: 'The Cliff House & Sutro Park, San Francisco' & a fine fullpg: 'Mt. Shasta, Calif.' Halfpg: 'The Fish Landing Slip at Fulton Market, N.Y.' & 'A Rich Strike--A Million in Sight' shows some miners from the Rocky Mountain. area.
Other news and advertisements of the day are included. Complete in 16 pages.

MASSACHUSETTS SPY, OR WORCESTER GAZETTE, July 12, 1820  

* Construction of the Erie Canal

A page 2 report notes: "The Great Canal in New-York is fast progressing...The whole expense is estimated at nearly five million dollars. The distance will be upwards of 350 miles--the rise and fall of water in the...rivers and creeks, about 661 feet...will require 77 locks. Lake Erie is 564 feet higher than the Hudson."
Completed in 1825, the canal was the first navigable waterway connecting the Atlantic…

GUNNISON REVIEW-PRESS, Colorado, March 11, 1884 

* Rare Old West publication
* Woodstock, Colorado avalanche 
* Gunnison County ghost town 

An uncommon title from this boom mining town in the southwestern quadrant of Colorado tucked in a valley amidst the Rocky Mountains. Gunnison boomed in the late 1870's and early 1880's and was once the home of Wyatt Earp and "Texas Jack". Today there are some 5500 residents of Gunnison.
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "ANOTHER AVALANCHE !"…

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, March 18, 1820 

* Very first "White House Wedding"

 Listed under the page 2 "Marriages" is one that reads: "In Washington city, Samuel Lawrence Gouverneur, Esq. of N. York, to Miss Maria Hester Monroe, youngest daughter of James Monroe, President of the U. States." This was first wedding to be held at the White House.
Other news of the day includes: "Royal Funeral" "Missouri Expedition" "Bankrupt Bill" and more.
Four pages, nice condition.

Background: The March 18, 1820…

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Dec. 18, 1857  

* U.S. Army march to Salt Lake City
* Mormons War - Mormonism 

Page 3 has nearly three-quarters of a column taken up with: "The Utah Expedition" which is a great & very detailed travelogue on the U.S. troops venturing to Utah. We rarely find such detailed travel accounts by the military.
Four pages, large folio size, nice condition. Folder size noted is for the issue folded in half.

background: The dispatch in the…

THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN PRESBYTERIAN, Denver, Colorado, August, 1877  Not only does the masthead feature a nice, scenic engraving, but the front page has prints of; "Traveling In the Rocky Mountains" and; "Indians Robing the Mail".
This newspaper is not listed in Gregory's "Union List of  Newspapers".
The back page has a print of: "Long's Peak, Colorado" with a related article.
Four pages, very nice condition.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 19, 1901  Fullpage illustration Cavalrymen Rounding Up Poachers in Yellowstone Park; Frontpage illustration of the Subway Construction in New York at Union Square; The Nicaragua Canal Treaty; American Troops in China; fullpage illustration "The Goose Cow - A Nebraska Method of Stalking Wild Geese" by Clarke; fullpage illustration "The New Immigrant Station on Ellis Island"; and other news of the day. See photos for full details.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Jan. 12, 1895 Full ftpg: 'On the Signal Bridge of a Man-Of-War'. Full pg. of text with 6 illus. of 'Hockey in Canada', being early hockey prints. One-third pg: 'View of Apia, Capital of Samoa'. Fullpg. with 3 photos of: 'Surface Mining for iron on the Missabe Range in Minnesota' & fullpg: 'The Red Cross Hospital, Tokyo, Japan'. Seven illus. by F. Remington showing soldiers on horseback in the Yellowstone. Fullpg: 'The Chicago Stock Exchange'.
Complete issue.

NEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE, Oct. 10, 1866  The conclusion of the Civil War brought with it an interest in expending west, so it would not seem unusual that articles that read like a 19th century travelogue would appear in newspapers of the day.
This issue has one on page 3, which was part of a larger series: "A Trip To Colorado--Two Rocky Mountain Passes". The report takes nearly 2 columns and is very detailed on what was seen & experienced during the excursion.
Eight pages, very nice…