Early Lithograph of Carson City

This is supposedly a lithograph of how Carson City appeared in 1858, the year it was founded. Very few of the details here line up with surviving photographs, though, so I think we can chalk up the bulk of this drawing to the illustrator's imagination.

Date Uploaded: December 30, 2007

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Source: Carson City: The Early Years

Source Caption: Early lithograph of Carson City, Utah Territory, 1858. Illustration first appeared in Scenes of Wonder and Curiosity from Hutchings' California Magazine, 1856-1861.

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