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Lot 8: BUTTE DE MORALE, MONTANA by John Mix Stanley

Est: $50 USD - $75 USDSold:
East Coast BooksWells, ME, USDecember 28, 2015

Item Overview

Description

TINTED LITHOGRAPH: BUTTE DE MORALE, MONTANA. By John Mix Stanley. From Isaac Stevens' Explorations and Survey For a Railroad Route From The Mississippi River to The Pacific Ocean. near the 47th & 49th Parallels. Washington Government Printing Office 1860. Tinted Lithographs Published by Sarony, Major & Knapp, Liths. 449 Broadway, N.Y. U.S.P.R.R. Exp. & Surveys - 47th & 49th Parallels. General Report - Plate XIII. Stanley. Del. Butte de Morale is situated in Wells township. It was named after Morale, a French-Chippewa half-breed who was killed there by the Sioux Indians about 1840.?? It was in the heart of the great buffalo country and is a relic of the ???Bunch Grass Acres??? as the old time bunch or buffalo grass is still found growing there.?? Butte de Morale is seven miles northeast of Harvey and south of Selz.?? It was a very prominent land mark and was known to the Hudson Bay Company???s hunters, the Red River Buffalo Hunters and the hunters and trappers from the Missouri River.?? Governor Stevens??? Expedition passed by it on the south in July 1853; Captain James L. Fisk???s wagon train of gold seekers passed to the north of it in July 1862, and again in 1863; and Gen. A. H. Sully???s army of Indian fighters marched to the east of it in 1865. It is a flat topped hill rising some three hundred feet above the level prairie and affords an excellent view for several miles in all directions.?? Lake Stevens (Goose Lake), a narrow canal-shaped lake some four and one-half miles long extends to the west of this butte. Approx. 11 3/8" x 8 3/4".

Artist or Maker

Condition Report

Light foxing,??roughness along top edge, very good condition. Nice bright litho.

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Auction Details

Art & Autographs

by
East Coast Books
December 28, 2015, 05:00 PM EST

PO Box 849, Wells, ME, 04090, US

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