File:Peep at Washoe - Whisky Below.jpg

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"Whisky Below", illustration from "A Peep at Washoe" by J. Ross Browne, in Harper's Monthly Magazine, December 1860. This would be en route from California to the Washoe Valley (now Nevada, then the Utah Territory). According to the accompanying narrative, this would be between Placerville and Strawberry Flat.

"Should any future traveler be overtaken by thirst, and see a pair of [mule's] ears growing out of the road, he will be safe in digging there, for underneath stands a mule, and on the back of that mule is a barrel of whisky."
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Source Harper's Monthly Magazine, Vol. XXII, p. 11, December 1860, Harper Brothers, New York. Scanned at 300 dpi, then cleaned up with GIMP.
Author Image on first page of article is signed "Stephens" (first name unknown to me). All images in the article appear to be the same artist.
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