North Platte River, Wyoming Memories

Oil painting on pressed paper board "North Platte River, Wyoming Memories of 1869" by Lauren Winfield Aldrich. The historic narrative painting depicts cliff area near a river w five horses and dismounted soldiers shooting from the ridge toward the center. Near the center is a group of Native Americans across the river bank. They pursue four covered wagons crossing the river.

Lauren Winfield Aldrich (1868-1938) served as an army scout in Nebraska and Wyoming at forts along the route of the Union Pacific Railroad construction. Aldrich was assigned to Fort Laramie, Fort Russell, Fort Fetterman, and Fort Kearny. He documented his regiment's skirmishes with the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Sioux Indians, as well as their dealings with the Pawnee scouts.