Crater Buttes, or extinct volcanoes, on Henrys Fork, near its junction with Snake River. Fremont County, Idaho, 1872.
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1872
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Crater Buttes, or extinct volcanoes, on Henrys Fork, near its junction with Snake River. They are prominent landmarks for many miles along the line of the stage road. The larger one of the two, as shown in the view, rises about 500 feet above the plain, upon a base about one and one-half miles in diameter. Its crater is about one-half of a mile in diameter, and 150 feet deep. Fremont County, Idaho. 1872. Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, W. H. Jackson, Photographer, Second Edition, Illustrated, 1872 Series, page 40, No. 403: Crater Buttes, or extinct volcanoes, on Henrys Fork, near its junction with Snake River. They are prominent landmarks for many miles along the line [...]
Summary
Crater Buttes, or extinct volcanoes, on Henrys Fork, near its junction with Snake River. They are prominent landmarks for many miles along the line of the stage road. The larger one of the two, as shown in the view, rises about 500 feet above the plain, upon a base about one and one-half miles in diameter. Its crater is about one-half of a mile in diameter, and 150 feet deep. Fremont County, Idaho. 1872.
Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, W. H. Jackson, Photographer, Second Edition, Illustrated, 1872 Series, page 40, No. 403: Crater Buttes, or extinct volcanoes, on Henrys Fork, near its junction with Snake River. They are prominent landmarks for many miles along the line of the stage-road. The larger one of the two, as shown in the view, rises about 500 feet above the plain, upon a base about one and one-half miles in diameter. Its crater is about one-half of a mile in diameter, and 150 feet deep.
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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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