The Art and Life of Merritt Dana Houghton in the Northern Rockies, 1878-1919 (Book)
Title: The Art and Life of Merritt Dana Houghton in the Northern Rockies, 1878-1919
Author: Michael A. Amundson
Abstract: etween 1891 and 1915, pen-and-ink artist Merritt Dana Houghton made over 200 bird’s-eye sketches of towns, ranches, mines, businesses, historic sites, and animals in Wyoming, northern Colorado, Montana, Idaho, and Washington state. Historian Michael A. Amundson brings these many views together for the first time in these pages. This lavishly illustrated biography details Houghton’s life and work from his birth in Michigan in 1846 to his death in 1919 in Spokane through extensive genealogical records, newspaper accounts, and his illustrations—including historic ranches and bird’s-eye views of Fort Collins, Colorado; Dillon, Montana; and Spokane, Washington and the only known illustrations of long-lost places like Pearl, Colorado, and Rambler, Wyoming. Also included is a reproduction of a four-foot-by-eight-foot view of Sheridan, Wyoming and a sixty-image sample portfolio of his best-preserved illustrations organized by type. Houghton’s work depicts the infrastructure of the new settler society that was remaking the West in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, and Amundson demonstrates how Houghton’s vision of the American West remains active today.
Year: 2023
Primary URL: https://upcolorado.com/university-of-wyoming-press/item/6254-the-art-and-life-of-merritt-dana-houghton-in-the-northern-rockies-1878-1919
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Secondary URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.608082?searchText=The%20Art%20and%20Life%20of%20Merritt%20Dana%20Houghton%20in%20the%20Northern%20Rockies%2C%201878-1919&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3DThe%2BArt%2Band%2BLife%2Bof%2BMerritt%2BDana%2BHo
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Access Model: For sale (hardcover/ebook) and subscription only (ebook)
Publisher: University of Wyoming Press
Type: Single author monograph
ISBN: 978-1-64642-36
Copy sent to NEH?: No

University of Wyoming Press Acquisitions Editor (Staff/Faculty/Fellow Position)
Name: University of Wyoming Press Acquisitions Editor
Abstract: Our NEH SHARP grant allowed us to create a new acquisitions editorial position in support of our University of Wyoming Press imprint. The creation and launching of this imprint was the primary objective for which we sought NEH funding. Robert Ramaswamy (he/they) was hired as the University of Wyoming Press acquisitions editor in February 2022, after working as an assistant editor for the Ohio State University Press and as an editorial assistant for University of Michigan Press/Michigan Publishing. His scholarly lists at UWP include history, environmental humanities, public humanities, and democracy in the United States. Robert lives in Ann Arbor, MI with his partner, Anna, two dogs, and nine chickens.
Year: 2023
Primary URL: https://upcolorado.com/university-of-wyoming-press
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Secondary URL: https://upcolorado.com/about-us/staff
Secondary URL Description: Link to the staff page of the University Press of Colorado, where Robert Ramaswamy's biography can be found.

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