Headquarters of the Carbon Timber Company On The Grand Encampment

Graphite and ink drawing on paper "Headquarters of the Carbon Timber Company On The Grand Encampment" by Merritt Dana Houghton. It depicts a cluster of log buildings set on a flat grassy land in the middle ground. A dirt road and stream wind before the settlement with people, tents, and horses scattered around the buildings. Mountains full of trees in the background.

Merritt Dana "M.D." Houghton (31 May 1846 -- March 1919) was an artist who traveled Wyoming creating pen and ink drawings of both existing and his interpretation of historic locations. He made his home at various times in Laramie, Saratoga, Buffalo, and Encampment where he completed large (and unknown) number of ink sketches of mines, ranches and landscapes. His many drawings and maps record an otherwise lost era in Wyoming's history.