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Verso:
Titled and signed

According to Don Hedgpeth, author of Spirit of the Plains People, “Just to the south of the wilderness wonderland called Yellowstone, the silhouette of the Teton Range stands out against the wide Wyoming sky. John Colter may have been the first white man to see them, after breaking away alone from Lewis and Clark’s return trek in 1807. He found an abundance of beaver in the valley beside the mountains. After Colter returned to St. Louis and told his stories, others came for the treasure that was the beaver. Those who stayed on through the winter, when the pelts were the thickest and the best, built cabins of logs to keep away the cold. But the trappers seldom stayed for more than a season. The cabins stood abandoned, with the roofs caved in from the weight of deep snow and neglect. In time, still others came in search of furs and adventure. They became jaded by the sight of spectacular scenery but were drawn to the wrecked reminders of others like themselves who had endured the cold, high lonesome of a place called Jackson Hole.”

PROVENANCE:
[Settlers West Galleries, Tucson, Arizona]
Private Collection, Aspen, Colorado, 1987, gifted to
Avenues to Independence Foundation, Park Ridge, Illinois

EXHIBITIONS:
Cowboy Artists of America Twentieth Exhibition, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ, October 25 - November 24, 1985

LITERATURE:
Don Hedgpeth, Spirit of the Plains People: Howard Terpning (Shelton, CT: The Greenwich Workshop, Inc., 2001), pages 74-5, illustrated

Condition ReportSurface condition is excellent. No signs of restoration.

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