Westward Ho
by Jon Burch Photography
Title
Westward Ho
Artist
Jon Burch Photography
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
Westward Ho! Covered wagon tracks lead away from Scott’s Bluff, Nebraska heading northwest to Fort Laramie in Wyoming. Suppertime and not much wood to burn for campfires, emigrants had to rely on buffalo chips along the trail to heat their meals. The Oregon Trail was a 2,170-mile east-west, large-wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail in the United States that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon.
In transit westward over the Oregon-California Trail the wagon trains attained their most highly organized and institutionalized character. Meeting in early spring at a rendezvous town near the Missouri River individuals would form companies, elect officers, employ guides, and collect essential supplies while awaiting favorable weather for leaving, usually in early May. Those riding in the wagons were directed and protected by their leaders usually riding on horses however, oxen were most often used to actually pull the wagons.
Once organized and on their way, wagon-train companies tended to follow a daily routine consisting of an early rising and late afternoon encampment. People cooked and tended to chores while their animals grazed with possible simple recreation before early retirement. The companies had to be prepared for challenges including crossing rivers, mountains and meeting hostile Indians.
Some digital effects were applied to the original image after the photograph was made. No electrons were harmed during the transition. Your finished photograph will not contain the Fine Art America watermark.
Image copyright 2021 Jon Burch Photography.
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June 19th, 2021
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