IMAGE
Firing the Mountain Howitzer. Big Hole National Battlefield. Painting by Robert Auth. Item Info
- Title:
- Firing the Mountain Howitzer. Big Hole National Battlefield. Painting by Robert Auth.
- Date Created (ISO Standard):
- 1976
- Approximated Date:
- yes
- Description:
- Postcard of men firing a howitzer at the Battle of Big Hole during the Nez Perce War. | "Firing the Mountain Howitzer," Big Hole National Battlefield, Mt. Painting by Robert Auth. At noon of the first day of battle, six men of the 7th U.S. Infantry brought up the howitzer to fire shots at the Nez Perce camp. After 2 shots Nez Perce warriors captured the howitzer. The Battle of the Big Hole, August 9-10 was the turning point in the Nez Perce War of 1877.
- Subjects:
- battles men trees battlefields howitzers guns picture postcards
- Location:
- Wisdom
- Latitude:
- 45.647858
- Longitude:
- -113.654843
- Source:
- PG 9, Postcard Collection, University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/
- Source Identifier:
- pg_9_27_01
- Type:
- Image;StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Firing the Mountain Howitzer. Big Hole National Battlefield. Painting by Robert Auth.", Northwest Historical Postcards Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/postcards/items/nwpostcards1637.html
Rights
- Rights:
- Educational use includes non-commercial use of text and images in materials for teaching and research purposes. Digital reproduction rights granted by University of Idaho Library. For other uses beyond educational use, please contact University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives Department at libspec@uidaho.edu.
- Standardized Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/