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EXPLORATION: U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (Hayden Survey) Sheet number 43A. Topographic and geologic map "Showing the Crushing in of the beds at Golden City." Includes Mt. Vernon, North and South Table Mountains, Golden, Clear Creek, Van Bibber Creek, Rawlston Creek, Murphy Mine. Colorado, 1873.
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Panorama from the summit of La Plata Mountain. Chaffee County, Colorado. 1873. Panorama with photo nos. 1372 - 1374, 1376. Photo same as no. 396.
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View of the Arkansas River, between Clear Creek and the Twin Lakes, where the stream is narrowed down to a foaming cascade or fall, and flanked by great towering walls of granite. Chaffee County, Colorado. 1873. Photo same as no. 381.
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Album caption and index card: View of some of the highest and most conspicuous of the singular sandstone peaks which surround the centerof the range. Chief among them is Castle Peak, from the weird towers, by which its central pyramid is flanked on either side. It is a bright, rich red, distinctly banded by its stratification, and rising up in sharp blade-like crests to the summit. Its elevation is 14,106 feet. This side of Castle Peak there are two lesser pyramids, very characteristic of the system. Away in extreme distance the broad summit of Grizzly and the sharp crest of La Plata are distinctly seen. Pitkin and Chaffee Counties, Colorado. 1873.
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The Sawatch Range, looking west across the Arkansas to Twin Lakes, about 10 miles distant. Beyond them extends the valley or canyon of Lake Creek up to Red Mountain Pass, on the summit of the range. These lakes are the trough or bed of an old glacier that once filled the valley. On the right is an immense lateral moraine bounding the lake on that side, and on the other is another of less prominence. Upon either side are Elbert and La Plata Peaks, the two next in height to Harvard. Chaffee and Lake Counties, Colorado. 1873.
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Mount Harvard. A view looking south on the Arkansas River, from a bluff 1,000 feet high, opposite the mouth of Clear Creek. Mount Harvard, lying in the range west of the Arkansas, and latitude 38 degrees 45 minutes, has an elevation of 14,384 feet, the highest in the Rocky Mountains within the limits of the United States. In the distance beyond are the spurs of Yale, its summit being obscured by a mass of clouds. At the base of Harvard is a splendid exhibition of enormous glacial action, in the great lateral moraines that sweep down to the bank of the river. Chaffee County, Colorado. 1873.
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Album caption and index card: View over the summits of the Sawatch Range, from the top of La Plata, at an elevation of 14,302 feet. View around to the north. Prominent on the right is Elbert's Peak, which is 14,324 feet high. Next to it in the distance, are the Grand and Holy Cross Mountains, and on the left the same wilderness of nameless peaks. Chaffee, Lake, and Eagle Counties, Colorado. 1873. (Panorama with nos. 1330-1333; jwh01330, jwh01331, jwh01332, jwh01333; 1341; jwh01341)
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The Sawatch Range. View of the Arkansas Valley, extending southward as far as Poncho Pass. In the center is Mount Harvard, the highest in the Rocky Mountains. Chaffee and Park Counties, Colorado. 1873.
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Album caption and index card: The Sawatch Range, from a point a little south of Weston's Pass. The elevation of the standpoint is 11,000 feet, or about 2,500 feet above the Arkansas River, just below. View looks south to Buffalo Peaks, a well-known landmark, occupying the extreme southern end of the Park Range. Chaffee and Park Counties, Colorado. 1873.
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View over the summits of the Sawatch Range, from the top of La Plata, at an elevation of 14,302 feet. This view is a little west of south, along the axis of the range, over a great mass of mountain peaks. Chaffee County, Colorado. 1873. Photo similar to no. 392). (Panorama with nos. 1331 - 1334, 1341)
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View over the summits of the Sawatch Range, from the top of La Plata, at an elevation of 14,302 feet. Red Mountain Pass. Beyond the pass a little way is Grizzly Mountain, so named from the number of bears seen about it, and away in the distance, to its right, are the Elk Mountains; the glistening white face of Snow Mass, with the Capitol and Sopris still farther to the right, being distinguishable. Chaffee and Pitkin Counties, Colorado. 1873. Photo similar to no. 397. (Panorama with nos. 1330 - 1334)
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Northwest from Arkansas River, showing the main fault zone between hills of Tertiary rhyolitic welded tuff (left) and Precambrian rocks (right) and the Colorado-American fluorspar mine. Chaffee County, Colorado. ca. 1945. Figure 5 in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 626. 1969.
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View over the summits of the Sawatch Range, from the top of La Plata, at an elevation of 14,302 feet. Looking down across the mouth of Lake Creek Canyons, on the Arkansas, to the range about Mount Lincoln,in the distance. Chaffee, Lake and Park Counties, Colorado. 1873. (Panorama with nos. 1330 - 1332,1334, 1341)
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Album caption and index card: View over the summits of the Sawatch Range, from the top of La Plata, at an elevation of 14,302 feet. Another view of Mount Harvard, somewhat dimly, as it was obscured by a storm. On the left are the Buffalo Peaks, and a little to the right of them is Pikes Peak, nearly a 100 miles away. Chaffee, Park, Teller and El Paso Counties, Colorado. 1873. (Panorama with nos. 1330-1331; jwh01330-jwh01331; 1333-1334; jwh01333-jwh01334; 1341; jwh01341)
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Album caption: Moraines on Clear Creek, valley of the Arkansas. Chaffee County, Colorado. No date. Handwritten notes on album caption: July 24, 1873. No index card. Personal email communication with Alan Terrell on November 28, 2012: "Photo jwh01289 is captioned as a view of moraines on Clear Creek. Photo jwh01264 is captioned as a view of moraines on La Plata Creek. I suspect that Clear Creek and La Plata Creek are on in the same; and that the name was changed from La Plate Creek to Clear Creek sometime between 1875 and 1877, when the Hayden Atlas Drainage Map was published."
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Album caption and index card: Panorama looking east from a point about 2 1/2 miles west, towards spur on north side of Mount Antero (14,269 feet). White Mountains appear in middle and Claico Mountain on right (low dark ridge). Antero and White Mountains are granite. Calico is gabbro or allied rock. Beryl and aquamarine on top of White Mountains and on west slope of Antero. Chaffee County, Colorado. n.d.
map background search result map search result map Great moraine on the south side of Clear Creek, at its junction with the Arkansas. Chaffee County, Colorado. 1873. Cascades in the canyon of La Plata Creek. Chaffee County, Colorado. 1873. (Stereoscopic view) Cascades in the canyon of La Plata Creek. Chaffee County, Colorado. 1873. (Stereoscopic view) The Sawatch Range, from a point south of Weston's Pass. Chaffee and Park Counties, Colorado. 1873. The Sawatch Range. View of the Arkansas Valley, extending southward as far as Poncho Pass. Chaffee and Park Counties, Colorado. 1873. Moraines on Clear Creek, valley of the Arkansas. Chaffee County, Colorado. 1873. The Sawatch Range, looking west across the Arkansas to Twin Lakes, about 10 miles distant. Chaffee and Lake Counties, Colorado. 1873. Mount Harvard. A view looking south on the Arkansas River, Chaffee County, Colorado. 1873. View over the summits of the Sawatch Range, from the top of La Plata, at an elevation of 14,302 feet. Chaffee County, Colorado. 1873. View over the summits of the Sawatch Range, from the top of La Plata. Chaffee, Park, Teller, and El Paso Counties, Colorado. 1873. View over the summits of the Sawatch Range, from the top of La Plata, at an elevation of 14,302 feet. Chaffee, Lake, and Park Counties, Colorado. 1873. View over the summits of the Sawatch Range, from the top of La Plata. Chaffee, Lake, and Eagle Counties, Colorado. 1873. View of some of the highest and most conspicuous of the singular sandstone peaks which surround the center of the range. Pitkin and Chaffee Counties, Colorado. 1873. View over the summits of the Sawatch Range, from the top of La Plata, at an elevation of 14,302 feet. Chaffee and Pitkin Counties, Colorado. 1873. View of the Arkansas River, between Clear Creek and the Twin Lakes, Chaffee County, Colorado. 1873. Panorama from the summit of La Plata Mountain. Chaffee County, Colorado. 1873. Cascades in the canyon of La Plata Creek. Chaffee County, Colorado. 1873. Panorama looking east from a point about 2 1/2 miles west towards a spur on north side of Mount Antero. Chaffee County, Colorado. n.d. Cascades in the canyon of La Plata Creek. Chaffee County, Colorado. 1873. (Stereoscopic view) Cascades in the canyon of La Plata Creek. Chaffee County, Colorado. 1873. (Stereoscopic view) Moraines on Clear Creek, valley of the Arkansas. Chaffee County, Colorado. 1873. The Sawatch Range, looking west across the Arkansas to Twin Lakes, about 10 miles distant. Chaffee and Lake Counties, Colorado. 1873. Mount Harvard. A view looking south on the Arkansas River, Chaffee County, Colorado. 1873. View over the summits of the Sawatch Range, from the top of La Plata, at an elevation of 14,302 feet. Chaffee County, Colorado. 1873. View of the Arkansas River, between Clear Creek and the Twin Lakes, Chaffee County, Colorado. 1873. Panorama from the summit of La Plata Mountain. Chaffee County, Colorado. 1873. Cascades in the canyon of La Plata Creek. Chaffee County, Colorado. 1873. Panorama looking east from a point about 2 1/2 miles west towards a spur on north side of Mount Antero. Chaffee County, Colorado. n.d. Great moraine on the south side of Clear Creek, at its junction with the Arkansas. Chaffee County, Colorado. 1873. The Sawatch Range, from a point south of Weston's Pass. Chaffee and Park Counties, Colorado. 1873. The Sawatch Range. View of the Arkansas Valley, extending southward as far as Poncho Pass. Chaffee and Park Counties, Colorado. 1873. View over the summits of the Sawatch Range, from the top of La Plata, at an elevation of 14,302 feet. Chaffee, Lake, and Park Counties, Colorado. 1873. View of some of the highest and most conspicuous of the singular sandstone peaks which surround the center of the range. Pitkin and Chaffee Counties, Colorado. 1873. View over the summits of the Sawatch Range, from the top of La Plata, at an elevation of 14,302 feet. Chaffee and Pitkin Counties, Colorado. 1873. View over the summits of the Sawatch Range, from the top of La Plata. Chaffee, Lake, and Eagle Counties, Colorado. 1873. View over the summits of the Sawatch Range, from the top of La Plata. Chaffee, Park, Teller, and El Paso Counties, Colorado. 1873.