Heger drawings, 1857-1860.

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Heger drawings, 1857-1860.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37939047

Twenty-five pencil drawings of scenes in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah drawn by Joseph Heger while he served in the army from 1857 to 1860. Include are views of a Rio Mimbres copper mining camp, the Gila River, Taos Pueblo, Canyon de Chelly, Fort Union and Fort Defiance. Also present is a drawing of the Battle of the Gila, 1857, during the Apache campaign.

.25 linear ft. (1 box)

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 7398577

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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Heger, Joseph, 1835-1897

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Artist and soldier; born in Germany in 1835, Joseph Heger came to the U.S. with his parents. He served as a private in Company K of the First Regiment of Mounted Riflemen along with John Van Deusen Du Bois. Their campaigns against the Indians included the Gila-Apache campaign of 1857, the Utah war of 1858, and the Navajo campaign of 1859. From the description of Heger drawings, 1857-1860. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 37939047 ...