Chronicling the West for Harper's: Coast to Coast with Frenzeny Tavernier in 1873–1874

249 Pages·2013·739.29 MB·English

by  Chalmers, Claudine, Frenzeny, Paul, Tavernier, Jules

C h r o n iCl i n g
Th e W e sT
Fo r H a r p e r ’ s

Coast to Coast with
Frenzeny Tavernier
&
in 1873–1874
Claudine Chalmers
Chronicling the West for Harper’s
The Charles M. russell CenTer series
on arT and PhoTograPhy of The aMeriCan WesT
B. Byron PriCe, General Editor

Coast to Coast
with Frenzeny
& tavernier
in 1873–1874
Chronicling
the West for Harper’s
Claudine Chalmers
universiTy of oklahoMa Press : norMan
also By Claudine ChalMers
Splendide Californie! Impressions of the
Golden State by French Artists, 1786 to
1900 (San Francisco, 2001)
Early Mill Valley (Charleston, S.C., 2005)
(co-au.) Grass Valley (Charleston, S.C., 2006) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
French San Francisco (Charleston, S.C., 2007) Chalmers, Claudine, 1948–
Chronicling the west for Harper’s : coast to coast with Frenzeny
Paul Frenzeny’s Chinatown Sketches (San
& Tavernier in 1873–1874 / Claudine Chalmers.
Francisco, Calif., 2012)
 pages cm. — (The Charles M. Russell Center series on art
and photography of the American West)
Publication of this book is made possible through Includes bibliographical references and index.
the generosity of Edith Kinney Gaylord. isBn 978-0-8061-4376-7 (hardcover : alk. paper) 
1. Frenzeny, Paul—Travel—West (U.S.) 
2. Tavernier, Jules, 1844–1889—Travel—West (U.S.) 
3. West (U.S.)—Description and travel. 
4. West (U.S.)—Pictorial works. 5. West (U.S.)—In art. 
6. Wood engraving, Victorian—United States. 
I. Harper’s weekly. II. Title.
f594.C563 2013
978'.02—dc23       2013009234
Chronicling the West for Harper’s: Coast to Coast with Frenzeny
& Tavernier in 1873–1874 is Volume 12 in the Charles M. Russell
Center Series on Art and Photography of the American West.
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Contents
List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xiii
inTroduCTion 3
1 a naTion MarChing WesT: Leaving New York, July 1873 13
2 foreshadoWing The fronTier: Pittsburgh, Summer 1873 23
3 Working for The “kaTy”: Missouri to Texas, August 1873 31
4 TaMing The fronTier: The Neosho Valley, August 1873 38
5 The indian TerriTory: Fort Gibson, August 1873 52
6 life in The old souThWesT: Texas, September 1873 66
7 life on The greaT Plains: Texas and Kansas, September–October 1873 91
8 The far WesT: Wichita to Denver, October 1873 110
9 sTaging in The far WesT: Southern Colorado, Early November 1873 123
10 WinTering in denver: Colorado and Arizona, November 5, 1873, through April 1874 130
11 red Cloud agenCy: Nebraska, May 8, 1874, to June 15, 1874 161
12 MorMons and indians: Utah, May–June 1874 172
13 The end of The assignMenT: San Francisco, Summer 1874 183
ConClusion: One Hundred Sketches of the Vanishing Frontier 198
Appendix: Chronological List of the One Hundred Frenzeny and Tavernier Engravings 203
Notes 207
Bibliography 221
Index 225

illustrations
All illustrations by Frenzeny and Tavernier in this book are from the author’s collection
unless otherwise indicated in the caption.
MaP
Route of the “Katy,” the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas railroad 32
FiGures
i.1. Portrait of Paul Frenzeny 5
i.2. Portrait of Jules Tavernier 5
i.3. The Dawning of the New Year, by Jules Tavernier  6
i.4. Behind the Ramparts—A Critical Moment, by Paul Frenzeny 7
i.5. Spring 10
i.6. The Circus Coming into Town 12
1.1. An Emigrants’ Boarding-House in New York 16
1.2. The Emigrant Wagon—On the Way to the Railway Station 18
1.3. SCENES IN EMIGRANT LIFE—In the Emigrant Train 19
1.4. SCENES IN EMIGRANT LIFE—Switched Off  21
2.1. THE MANuFACTuRE OF IRON—Filling the Furnace 24
2.2. THE MANuFACTuRE OF IRON—Carting Away the Scoriae 25
2.3. THE MANuFACTuRE OF IRON—Tapping the Furnace 26
2.4. The Strike in the Coal Mines—Meeting of “Molly M’Guire” Men 28
3.1. View in Hannibal, Missouri  35
3.2. General Offices, Depot, and Machine Shops of M., K. & T. R’Y, Sedalia, Mo.  36
3.3. Interior View of Car—M., K. & T. R’y 37
4.1. LEAF FROM A SKETCH-BOOK 39
4.2. LEAF FROM A SKETCH-BOOK—A Smoking City, Pittsburgh and A Sunny Home on the
Neosho River 40
4.3. LEAF FROM A SKETCH-BOOK—Taking Water in the Prairie 41
4.4. Scene in the Great Neosho Valley 42
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