July 2021 • Nebraskaland 39
This 1851 sketch by William Quesenbury is one of the earliest images of Ash Hollow.
OMAHA WORLD-HERALD QUESENBURY SKETCHBOOK, HISTORY NEBRASKA 8783-5
A view from Windlass Hill at Ash Hollow State Historical Park in Garden County shows the valley where pioneers
found fresh spring water and camped along the Oregon Trial. ERIC FOWLER, NEBRASKALAND
David Murphy of
History Nebraska
co-authored a book
about artist William
Quesenbury titled
Scenery, Curiosities and
Stupendous Rocks.
"Ash Hollow, takes its name from
the fine grove of ash trees which
... have nearly succumbed to the
necessities of the traveler ..."
– J. Wesley Jones
