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| Keywords: Alfred Jacob Miller - Crossing The River - Trapper Trying Its Depth - Walters 371940119.jpg When the caravan approached a river a trusty and experienced man is selected whose business it is to cross the river and try its depths and then return by a different route looking out for the shallowest parts and marking them in his mind's eyes as a trail for the company If the river was not shallow enough for the wagons to cross everything had to be unloaded and bull boats- the wagon beds covered with buffalo hides- had to be constructed and all the caravan's goods floated across between 1858 1860 watercolor paper cm 22 2 31 2 accession number 37 1940 119 11813 William T Walters Baltimore 1858-1860 by commission Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Commissioned by William T Walters 1858-1860 Alfred Jacob Miller An Artist on the Oregon Trail place of origin USA Walters Art Museum license 2D Alfred Jacob Miller An Artist on the Oregon Trail Paintings by Alfred Jacob Miller in the Walters Art Museum 19th-century watercolor paintings in the United States Rivers of the United States in art Horse riding in paintings | ||||
