Scenic Valley of Kah-Wee-Ya River with Mountain Backdrop in California, 1856

Name: Scenic Valley of Kah-Wee-Ya River with Mountain Backdrop in California, 1856
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14038-65
Price: 245 USD
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Date: 1856
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 20.7 × 28.3 cm (8.1 × 11.1 in)
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Places: California
Reference: BG-14038-65

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Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
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Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

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About this piece

The valley of the Kah-wee-ya River, also called Four Creeks, an original tinted lithograph from the Pacific Railroad Surveys, issued in 1856. The caption reads "Valley of Kah-wee-ya River (Four Creeks)", with "From a sketch by Chr. Koppel" at lower left and the Hoen & Co. Baltimore credit at lower right. The header reads "U.S.P.R.R. Exp. & Surveys, Cal."

A wide valley of scattered oaks stretches away toward low, rounded hills and a long range of snow-covered mountains beneath a sky of streaked cloud. In the foreground two Native figures sit side by side on a rocky rise at the left. The tints are soft blue-green and gray, with the warm browns of the hills.

The Kah-wee-ya is the Kaweah River, which flows from the Sierra Nevada into the San Joaquin valley, in present-day Tulare County, California. The plate was drawn for the California survey reports, published in Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.

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