Bidspirit auction | Henry Arthur Elkins (1847 -

Henry Arthur Elkins (1847 - 1884) American - Henry Arthur Elkins (1847 - 1884) Oil on Canvas, Signed, Measures ( 9 x 11.5 inches ) w/frame ( 12 x 15.5 inches ) Elkins was one of the artists who crossed the plains to the Rocky Mountainsafter the Civil War. In the summer of 1866, H. C. Ford, J. F. Gookins, and Elkins, all living in Chicago, formed a party and started out from the Missouri River. On an adventurous trip to Denver, Colorado, they joined an emigrant train for protection through Indian country. Denver was then a city of 7,000. One of their harrowing experiences occurred when a tornado near Cottonwood Springs, Nebraska, toppled their wagons and collapsed their tents. Condition: Good Condition