Photos from The Wild West That Were Preserved Forever

Navajo Tribespeople

These people set up a home base at an abandoned military post back in the Old Wild West. The Navajo Nation was known as the most wealthy of the Aboriginal tribes in the U.S. This photo was taken by Timothy O'Sullivan in 1873.

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