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Madison Canyon slide with Earthquake Lake in the background. Hebgen Lake, Madison County, Montana Earthquake. 1959.

Dates

Date Taken
1959

Summary

Album caption: None provided. Index card: The Madison slide; Earthquake Lake is in the background. The white ridge of dolomite boulders which formed the leading edge of the slide is on the left and the main mass of the slide shows in the right center of the photograph. In the lower left corner of the photograph are the parallel rows of pine trees which once flanked the Madison River. Part of former U.S. Highway 287 still shows beyond trees. Montana earthquake area. Madison County, Montana. August 1959.

Contacts

Data Owner :
U.S. Geological Survey
Photographer :
Stacy, John R.

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Available in the U.S. Geological Survey Denver Library Photographic Collection, Stacy, J.R. Collection.

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Photo Number https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier sjr00007_ct

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