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THBWilliam Henry Jackson Stereoviews, Featuring Image of Trapper and Guide ''Beaver Dick'' Leigh
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LiveJun 22, 2018
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Lot of 2 William Henry Jackson stereoviews, including a view of "Beaver Dick" Leigh (1831-1899), a trapper and guide, with his wife, Jenny (a Shoshone woman of Washakie's band), and seven children (from left to right, John, Anne, Jane, William, and Richard Jr.) posed in front of their teepee, with two burros to the right side. Credited to William Henry Jackson, Washington, DC, with Hayden Geological Survey imprint on mount.
Stereoview featuring Piah and other Ute chiefs posed in front of a large teepee, with another Indian on a horse and the photographer's equipment box visible in the background. Credited to William Henry Jackson, Denver, CO.
"Beaver Dick" Leigh was born Richard Leigh in Manchester, England, in 1831. Emigrating to America with his sister at seven years of age and living in Pennsylvania for a while, Leigh joined the Hudson Bay Company and was sent to the northwest where he was educated as a trapper. He joined the United States Army during the Mexican-American War, and served under Lieutenant Colonel Henry Wilson. As Leigh was stationed at Vera Cruz through the end of the war, it is possible he participated in the siege of the sea port. After the war, Leigh made the Snake River Valley in Idaho Territory his home, marrying a Shoshone girl from Chief Washakie's band in 1863, and having a total of five children with her.
After the birth of Leigh's fourth child, geologist Ferdinand V. Hayden came through the Teton Valley on a government funded expedition of Yellowstone, along with the artist Thomas Moran and the photographer William Henry Jackson. When Hayden and his team returned to explore and survey the area more extensively, Leigh joined him as a guide, and brought his family along with him. His skills and demeanor so impressed Hayden's team that they named the lakes at the base of the Tetons after them, including one called "Beaver Dick." It is with Hayden's team that the image in the first stereoview featured in this lot was captured. Tragedy struck the Leigh family, however, during the winter of 1876, when they all contracted smallpox and everyone but Dick died from the disease. Though this was a difficult loss for the well beloved guide and trapper, he continued his life, marrying again, having more children, and even meeting Theodore Roosevelt on a trip in 1891. Dick Leigh died on March 29, 1899, at the age of 68, and was buried beside his family in a high plot overlooking his ranch near Rexburg, Idaho.
Source: Roberts, Steve. "Beaver Dick Leigh: Mountain Man of the Tetons." Wyoming State Historical Society, October, 2017.
First stereoview with some discoloration and at least one small abrasion/tear including paper loss at lower right. Mount with wear to edges. Second stereoview with discoloration and soiling to image and mount (including spotting and discoloration on mount verso), with wear to edges of mount.Condition
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