Western writer inspiration, no. 35

Here's one last omnibus of #westernwriter inspirations. Over the past 35 weeks, 245 of these old photos and illustrations from 1870-1900 have appeared here at BITS on Saturdays. My intent has been to remind western readers and writers that the frontier was not just about cowboys, outlaws, and lawmen. There are many, many stories to be told about everybody else whose lives took them or found them there. Today's set of pics is all from Canada.

 
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Cree camp on the prairie, south of Vermilion, Alberta, Sept. 1871

Skedans, North Coast of British Columbia, 1878

Fort Garry, Manitoba, c1872

John Glenn, early settler in the area of Calgary, Alberta, c1880

First Nations people on the Nelson River, Manitoba, 1878

North West Mounted Police officers, Fort Walsh, Saskatchewan, 1878

Cabin on the Fraser, British Columbia, "The Bacon is Cooked,” c1862

Image source: Wikimedia Commons 

Coming up: Woody Harrelson, Billy Crudup, The Hi-Lo Country (1998)

Western writer inspiration, no. 34

Here is this week's omnibus of #westernwriter inspirations posted each day at twitter, where you can follow me @rdscheer if your attention is not already overloaded. As usual, click the pic to enlarge.

Staff of the Daily Reporter. Corrine, Box Elder County, Utah, c1870s

Officers quarters at Ft. Rawlins, Wyoming, May 7, 1877

The Church of San Miguel, the oldest in Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1873

Enoch Smoky, Kiowa boy, 1870s

U.S. Geological and Geographic Survey, Cheyenne, Wyoming, 1871

Railway trestle, Echo Canyon, Summit County, Utah, 1869

Soldier’s quarters, Fort Marcy, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1873

Photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

Coming up: William Holden, Glenn Ford, Texas (1941)

Western writer inspiration, no. 33

Here is this week's omnibus of #westernwriter inspirations posted each day at twitter, where you can follow me @rdscheer if your attention is not already overloaded. As usual, click the pic to enlarge.
 

Chinese Fishermen, Monterey, California, 1875

Dancers at Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico, photo by John K. Hillers (1843-1925)

Chief Powder Face in Native Dress, c1870

Gen. Crook's field headquarters, Dakota Territory, 1876

An afternoon of croquet, Fort Bridger, Wyoming Territory, c1873

Texas State Penitentiary, prison yard, Huntsville, 1870s

Ogden, Utah, 1874

Photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

Coming up: Troy D. Smith, Cherokee Winter

Western writer inspiration, no. 32

Here is this week's omnibus of #westernwriter inspirations posted each day at twitter, where you can follow me @rdscheer if your attention is not already overloaded. As usual, click the pic to enlarge.
 

John Marsh House, Contra Costa County, California, c1870

Ely district, Nevada, 1871

Governors of Zuni, New Mexico, photo by John K. Hillers (1843-1925)

The Gem Theater, Deadwood, c1878

Huntsville, Texas, corner of Twelfth Street and University Avenue, 1870s

Quarrying granite for the Mormon Temple, Utah Territory, 1872

Overland stage road between Ogden and Helena, Wyoming, 1871

Picture credits: Wikimedia Commons
 

Coming up: James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara, The Rare Breed (1966)

Western writer inspiration, no. 31

Here is this week's omnibus of #westernwriter inspirations posted each day at twitter, where you can follow me @rdscheer if your attention is not already overloaded. As usual, click the pic to enlarge.

Santa Barbara Mission, California, 1876

Rio Grande, near Pole Creek, Hinsdale County, Colorado, 1874

No. 8. Roundhouse at Armstrong, Kansas, 1873

Camp Halleck, Nevada, 1872; photographer, Timothy H. O’Sullivan

Barracks, Fort Wingate, New Mexico, 1873; photo by Timothy H. O’Sullivan

Camp of Iron Sack, head chief of the Kiowa-Apaches, Indian Territory, 1873

Deadwood, Dakota Territory, 1876

Photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

"No. 8 Roundhouse," courtesy of Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library

Coming up: Spencer Tracy, The Sea of Grass (1947)

Western writer inspiration, no. 30

Time for another omnibus of the week's #westernwriter inspirations posted each day at twitter, where you can follow me if your attention isn't already overloaded @rdscheer. As usual, click a pic to enlarge it.

San Luis Obispo, California, 1876

Miners of the North Star and Mountaineer lodes, Colorado, 1875

Freight wagon and ox team, Topeka, Kansas, c1870

Black Canyon on the Colorado River, Nevada, 1871

A general view of the Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico, 1879

Hunting party, Indian Territory (Oklahoma), 1870s; photo by William S. Soule

Deadwood, from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, September 8, 1877

Photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

Coming up: Jack Palance, The Lonely Man (1957)

Western writer inspiration, no. 29

Time for another omnibus of the week's #westernwriter inspirations posted each day at twitter, where you can follow me if your attention isn't already overloaded @rdscheer. As usual, click a pic to enlarge it.

Office and sutler store, Round Valley Agency, California, 1876

Morrison, Colorado / Denver, South Park, and Pacific RR, c1878

Rath & Wright's buffalo hide yard, with 40,000 buffalo hides, Dodge City, 1878

Lt. Col. Eugene M. Baker and army officers, Fort Ellis, Montana Territory 1871

Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico, 1879

Arapaho camp, Indian Territory, 1870s; photographer, William S. Soule

Freight Team entering Custer, South Dakota, 1876

Photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

Coming up: Ray Winstone, Tracker (2010)

Western writer inspiration, no. 28

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Here is this week's omnibus of #westernwriter inspirations posted each day at twitter [click to enlarge]. If you are on twitter, you can follow me @rdscheer.

 

Kikapoo wickiup, Indian Territory (Oklahoma), 1880

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Furnace Creek, Death Valley, California, 1871

Harry Yount at Berthoud Pass, Colorado, 1874

Arapaho camp with buffalo meat drying near Fort Dodge, Kansas, 1870

Lynching of two vigilantes, Helena, MT, 1870

Land sale poster, Burlington & Missouri River RR, 1872

Navajo family, near old Fort Defiance, New Mexico, 1873

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Picture credits: Wikimedia Commons

Coming up: Warner Baxter, In Old Arizona (1928