‘Indian Charlie, a Ute Brave’, c.1880

‘Indian Charlie, a Ute Brave’

C. R. Savage

c.1880

 

‘Aztecs on the Moincoppee’, Arizona, c.1875

‘Aztecs on the Moincoppee – Corn Fields in Distance’

E. O. Beaman

c.1875

 

A Hopi community founded in 1870, the Meonkopi is used as a summer farming area. This stereograph is one of a beautiful, stark series by Beaman called ‘Views in the Canyons of the Colorado River and Among the Aztec Cities of Arizona’.

‘Ute Brave’, Denver, 1873

‘Ute Brave’

William Chamberlain

1873

It’s likely that this stereograph shows a chief or tribal leader of the Ute people. The name Utah derives from the Ute tribe that once populated large areas of what is now Colorado and eastern Utah.