Wheatland

Ink wash and graphite drawing on paper "Wheatland 1905" by Merritt Dana Houghton. The drawing depicts a birds eye view of a small town that include a train depot, storage buildings along the railroad, multi-story commercial buildings, a church, and larger homes. A river with a bridge runs along the proper right. In the foreground is a fenced field with cattle, fencing, and a road with wagons. Mountains line 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.