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The Teton Range, northwest. Lincoln County, Wyoming. 1872.

Dates

Date Taken
1872

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. [...]

Contacts

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

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Type Scheme Key
name photoLibrary jwh00165
number photoLibrary 18508
batch photoLibrary btch108
number_in_book photoLibrary 165

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