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Photos Above: Ed Bille and his daughter Mary Hartman at groundbreaking ceremony for the National Historic Trails Center. Wagon and mule team at National Historic Trails Center groundbreaking [Emrich collection]
Experience
the sagas of
Early Emigrants
along Wyoming's
Historic Trails
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ED BILLE:
Inspired by a meeting with author, Ernest Hemingway, Ed Bille began to record historical sites in Wyoming in the early 1950’s. He has also written Early Days at Salt Creek and Wyoming-A Pictorial Overview.
Mary Bille Hartman teaches second grade at Baggs Elementary School in Cheyenne and shares her father’s love for Wyoming history and for photography
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A Video Journey..
through old letters, diaries and journals, newspapers, sketches and photographs from the early and mid-nineteenth century.
Courageous pioneers braved attacks by outlaws and Indians, natural elements and many challenges.
It is their stories, pulled along continuous lines of wagons on the Oregon, California, Mormon, Cheyenne-Deadwood and Bozeman Trails, that transport us back to the settlement of the West.
Trails
- - - Oregon, California,
& Mormon Trails
- - - Cheyenne / Deadwood Trail
- - - Bozeman Trail
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1. Fort Bridger
2. Fort Phil Kearny
3. Fort Reno
4. Fort Casper
5. Fort Fetterman
6. Fort Laramie
7. Fort D. A. Russell
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BOZEMAN TRAIL
The era of Western Trails is one of many great chapters in American history and a significant part of the Wyoming story. Events of this era are marked by action and high adventure, great courage, determination and tragedy. The Bozeman Trail was a transportation corridor that crossed Wyoming from south to north, providing access to the Montana gold fields, but it also passed through Indian hunting grounds. As a result, it was one of the bloodiest trails on the western frontier.This DVD also includes the Bridger Trail. The Wyoming Historical Association awarded this video the designation of "Best video of the year" in 2004 with the caveat that every Wyoming school and library should have this excellent production available to students and the public.
Price DVD: $24.95
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THE CHEYENNE-DEADWOOD TRAIL
There were numerous trails into the Black Hills during the gold rush days. The most famous was the Cheyenne to Deadwood Trail over which thousands of passengers, tons of freight and express, and millions of dollars of “treasure” traveled between 1876 and 1887. Stagecoaches laden with gold bullion were inviting targets for road agents along the way. This and the danger of Indian attacks, made this one of the most dangerous western trails.
Price DVD: $14.95
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OREGON-CALIFORNIA-MORMON PIONEER TRAILS WITH THE PONY EXPRESS
The sagas of the Oregon-California Trail, the Mormon Pioneer Trail and the Pony Express are a collection of thousands of individual stories. Ed Bille transports the viewer back to the days when early travelers left their homes in search of free land, quick riches and religious freedom. Old diaries, letters, journals and newspapers, combined with artwork and photography tell stories of these trails as they wind their
way through Wyoming.
Price DVD: $24.95
Ordering information:
Call 307.237.3278
to order.
Orders shipped within one week
after order is received
Order all three DVD's for 59.95
$6.00 S&H for orders of 1 -3 DVD's
Larger orders subject to higher shipping
(plus 5% tax in Wyoming unless to a tax exempt organization)
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