Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Cherokee Trail

Original - Cherokee Trail near Fort Collins, Colorado, from a sketch taken 7 June 1859.

Reason: A landscape of one of the trails that settlers used to cross the Rocky Mountains into the Pacific territories of the United States. Sketch made in 1859 shows deep wagon ruts in the unpaved route through a mountain pass; scarcity of traversible passes was an important determinant of trail routes. Restored version of File:Cherokee_Pass2.jpg
Articles this image appears in: Cherokee Trail, Larimer County, Colorado, Rocky Mountains#Human history
Creator: Daniel A. Jenks

Support as nominator --Durova²⁷⁹ 04:16, 19 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very cool drawing. Pretty good EV. Makeemlighter (talk) 04:47, 19 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support I note the remains of a signature top right. Noodle snacks (talk) 09:52, 19 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support I do like the retouch, and the EV looks good. --Kanonkas : Talk 22:33, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support I like the way the colors come out. This appears to be the original. The restoration is very nice and brings out the details. Ottava Rima (talk) 00:16, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]