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Sherman Station, upon the broad, plateau-like summit of the Black Hills. Albany County, Wyoming. 1869.

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1869

Summary

Album caption: Jackson, W. H. 4 - Sherman Station, upon the broad, plateau-like summit of the Black Hills, 8,271 feet above the sea, and 2,196 feet above Cheyenne, only 33 miles to the eastward. Sherman, named in honor of the commander of the United States Armies, enjoys the distinction of being the most elevated railway-station in the United States. Albany County, Wyoming. 1869. No index card. Same caption on page 5 of the Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, W. H. Jackson, Photographer, Second Edition, Illustrated.

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U.S. Geological Survey
Photographer :
Jackson, William Henry

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name photoLibrary jwh00004
number photoLibrary 18337
batch photoLibrary btch106
number_in_book photoLibrary 4

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