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Rendezvous on the Green River Marker, panel 1
Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: July 9, 2021
Caption: Rendezvous on the Green River Marker, panel 1
Additional Description: Captions: (upper right) The destinations for six of the last eight rendezvous was the confluence of Horse Creek and Green River, three miles to the west of Trappers Point. With thousands of people and thousands of horses, camps would spread out for many miles up and down both rivers. Fort Bonneville, five miles west of the confluence, was a center of activity during the 1833 rendezvous. The mountains to the west are the Wyoming Range.; (lower left) Clear panel graphics: Left "Snake Indian Camp" by Alfred Jacob Miller, courtesy of Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland. Right: Rocky Mountain Trapper" by Alfred Jacob Miller, courtesy of Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland.; (bottom right) Background image: Camp of the supply caravan on its way to rendezvous with William Drummond Stewart on the white horse. "Our Camp" by Alfred Jacob Miller, courtesy of Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland.
Submitted: August 22, 2021, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p605365
File Size: 3.540 Megabytes

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