The Woodhawk

1900

Meet the 'woodhawk,' a rugged frontiersman essential to the Old West river trade, captured here by famous 'Cowboy Artist' Charles Marion Russell. Standing tall on a log with his axe and a rifle leaning against a tree, this fringed-shirt-wearing worker looks ready to chop wood or defend his turf. In the bottom corner, the steamboat 'Red Cloud' waits for fuel, showing exactly who this tough guy was working for. Created around 1900, this sketch perfectly illustrates the gritty, hardworking spirit of the American frontier before the railroads took over.

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