The Charles J. Belden collection at the American Heritage Center consists
of approximately 3,000 original negatives. Most of these images were taken
in the 1920s and 1930s on the Legendary Pitchfork Ranch near Meeteetse,
Wyoming. Located at the base of the Absaroka Mountains, the 250,000 acre
ranch proved fertile ground for Belden's photoraphy. By filming cowboys
and cattle against the dramatic backdrop of the Rocky Mountains, he created
some of the classic images of the American West.
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Clarke served as a paymaster along the Bozeman trail in eastern Wyoming
in 1868. His diary provides a glimpse of U.S. Army life after the Civil
War along the western frontier.
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Paul Henderson, a noted Oregon Trail historian, served as a consultant
and the director of the film "The First Road West: The Story of the
Oregon Trail Through Wyoming." The motion picture was filmed during
the summers of 1975 and 1976 and intended to show the Oregon Trail in
Wyoming from Fort Laramie to Fort Bridger, Wyoming. In addition to the
motion picture, also available are a press release and an information
sheet on the film.
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Lang (1890-1976) was an Austrian-American film director who began his
film career as a scriptwriter. After fleeing Germany in 1933, he directed
films in the United States from 1936-1956, until his differences with
producers led to his leaving Hollywood. He directed films in India until
1959 when he returned to Germany.
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Throssel served as photographer on the Crow Indian Reservation in southeastern
Montana from 1909-1910 and portray the Crow and Northern Cheyenne Indians
from 1902-1933.
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