TEMECULA – The City of Temecula and the Temecula Valley Museum are proud to present A Great Frontier Odyssey: Sketching the American West, a compelling traveling exhibition on view from Friday, Oct. 3 through Sunday, Nov. 30. This exhibit traces the 1873 overland journey of French-born artists Jules Tavernier and Paul Frenzeny, commissioned by Harper’s Brothers Publishing Firm, to document the rapidly changing American frontier. In the years following the Civil War, Americans were eager to see images of the West, prompting the New York-based Harper Brothers to send the artists on a coast-to-coast expedition. The resulting illustrations captured key events, communities, and landscapes across the nation, offering a vivid and human perspective on the expansion of the American West.Wor
