FUR TRADERS AND RENDEZVOUS

[Butler Ford 40]

http://www.alfredjacobmiller.com/   FUR TRADERS AND RENDEZVOUS 

"Alfred Jacob Miller. Miller was the only artist known to have painted and sketched the participants and events of the pre-1840 Western fur trade. Hired by William Drummond Stewart to record Stewart's journey through the West, Miller traveled with Stewart recording the daily lives of these men, including an American Fur Company caravan, Fort Laramie (then known as Fort William), and the rendezvous in 1837 between the fur men and their suppliers from the East. Miller recorded simple daily tasks and routines, along with details of the trappers' dress and accoutrements."


The website is an online museum of Miller's drawings.

[Ohio Joe]

http://www.alfredjacobmiller.com/   FUR TRADERS AND RENDEZVOUS 

"Alfred Jacob Miller. Miller was the only artist known to have painted and sketched the participants and events of the pre-1840 Western fur trade. Hired by William Drummond Stewart to record Stewart's journey through the West, Miller traveled with Stewart recording the daily lives of these men, including an American Fur Company caravan, Fort Laramie (then known as Fort William), and the rendezvous in 1837 between the fur men and their suppliers from the East. Miller recorded simple daily tasks and routines, along with details of the trappers' dress and accoutrements."


The website is an online museum of Miller's drawings.

One of my favorites; Fort Laramie in the distance... That fork of the Laramie River now days has lots of trees. Back then I expect many of those trees found their way into campfires and fire places, and also used in the construction of the Fort as well, such as roofs, adobe wall supports, corrals, hitching posts, furniture and such.

Lot of history in those paintings.  I think a feller could study each one for hours on end...