Water pours over Pathfinder Dam on the North Platte River, with dark rock ledges framing the spillway and a small building on the far bank partly hidden by spray. Pathfinder Dam was completed in 1909 by the U.S. Reclamation Service as part of the North Platte Project, a federal irrigation system that stored snowmelt for farms in eastern Wyoming and western Nebraska. Its masonry dam in a narrow canyon made it an early example of federal reclamation in the West.
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White border around a sepia-toned real photo print; slight edge and corner wear.
No postmark. AZO stamp box with triangles up (c. 1904-1918) on a divided-back real-photo card; white border; back is blank — no message, address, or stamp. Small ink spot near center.
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Pathfinder Dam, North Platte River, Wyoming, circa 1909, postcard, c. 1909. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/pathfinder-dam-north-platte-river-wyoming-circa-1909. Accessed November 2, 2026.
