The Teton Range, northwest. Lincoln County, Wyoming. 1872.
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1872
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Album caption and index card: The Teton Range, northwest. Lincoln County, Wyoming. 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 41, Nos. 410-414: A complete panoramic view, in five sections, sweeping the whole horizon from a stand-point having an elevation of nearly 11,000 feet. The Tetons occupy the first view, and the others sweep around and join it on the left. From their great elevation, and their abrupt, pointed outlines, visible in all directions from great distances, they have long been noted land-marks for travelers. They are described for the first time in Irving's Astoria, as the Pilot Knobs. [...]
Summary
Album caption and index card: The Teton Range, northwest. Lincoln County, Wyoming. 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 41, Nos. 410-414: A complete panoramic view, in five sections, sweeping the whole horizon from a stand-point having an elevation of nearly 11,000 feet. The Tetons occupy the first view, and the others sweep around and join it on the left. From their great elevation, and their abrupt, pointed outlines, visible in all directions from great distances, they have long been noted land-marks for travelers. They are described for the first time in Irving's Astoria, as the Pilot Knobs. Only three peaks are seen from a distance, but there are really a score, grand in themselves, were they not overshadowed and hidden by their more majestic neighbors. To the south and southeast we look over great caƱons and broad, snow-covered plateau mountain-tops, to nameless and numberless peaks in the dim distance. To the north are long serrated mountain-ridges, rugged, bare, and snow-streaked. To the west are two great snow-covered sentinels, and beyond them the great plane of the Snake River. All these views were taken about August 1, when there was the least quantity of snow in the year.
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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
Available in the U.S. Geological Survey Denver Library Photographic Collection, Jackson, W.H. Collection.
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