Album caption: Bear Lake, about halfway between Soda Springs and Evanston, 10 miles in length, and from 5 to 8 in breadth. The boundary line between Idaho and Utah passes directly across the lake from east to west. It is a beautiful lake, set like an emerald among the mountains, and not even the Yellowstone presents such exquisite coloring. The elevation is 5,911 feet. Rich County, Utah. 1871. Notes on album caption: None. Index card: Bear Lake, about halfway between Soda Springs and Evanston, 10 miles in length, and from 5 to 8 in breadth. The boundary line between Idaho and Utah passes directly across the lake from east to west. It is a beautiful lake, set like an emerald among the mountains, and not even the Yellowstone presents [...]
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Album caption: Bear Lake, about halfway between Soda Springs and Evanston, 10 miles in length, and from 5 to 8 in breadth. The boundary line between Idaho and Utah passes directly across the lake from east to west. It is a beautiful lake, set like an emerald among the mountains, and not even the Yellowstone presents such exquisite coloring. The elevation is 5,911 feet. Rich County, Utah. 1871.
Notes on album caption: None.
Index card: Bear Lake, about halfway between Soda Springs and Evanston, 10 miles in length, and from 5 to 8 in breadth. The boundary line between Idaho and Utah passes directly across the lake from east to west. It is a beautiful lake, set like an emerald among the mountains, and not even the Yellowstone presents such exquisite coloring. The elevation is 5,911 feet.
Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, W. H. Jackson, Photographer, Second Edition, Illustrated, 1871 Series, page 32, Nos. 318, 319, 320: Bear Lake, About half-way between Soda Springs and Evanston, ten miles in length, and from five to eight in breadth. The boundary-line between Idaho and Utah passes directly across the lake from east to west. It is a beautiful lake, set like an emerald among the mountains, and not even the Yellowstone presents such exquisite coloring. The elevation is 5,911 feet.
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Descriptive catalogue of the photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories for the years 1869 to 1875, inclusive: Miscellaneous publications - No. 5
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