Photos from The Wild West That Were Preserved Forever

The Wheeler Survey Group

These people were a part of the Wheeler Suvery Group. They were led by Captain George Montague Wheeler. The expedition was to create topographic maps of the Southwest and lasted from 1869 until 1879.

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