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Album caption and index card: Independence Rock. A noted landmark, on the Oregon Trail, for travelers at the time when this route was used. Its base, bordering the old road, is literally covered with names and dates, many of the former well known in the history of the west, and some of them antedating Fremont's time. The Sweetwater flows immediately along the southern end of it, although on the opposite side of the stream another ridge, continuing toward the southwest, was once connected with it. It is a vast and excellent illustration of disintegration, its rounded form resembling an oblong haystack, with layers of rock lapping over the top and sides of the mass. Thin layers have been broken off in part, and huge...
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Album caption: Relation of Anaktuvuk Plateau and Arctic Mountains, Okpliak River, Alaska. Handwritten notes on album caption: (See # 89) Canning district, Northern Alaska region, Alaska. ca. 1910. No index card available.
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Album caption: Coming home from whaling, Near Barrow, Alaska. Index card: Coming home from whaling, near Barrow; distant view of natives with boats. Barrow district, Northern Alaska region, Alaska. 1908.
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Album caption and index card: View west from the summit of Mount Lincoln. The foreground is the continuation from Bross to Lincoln. At the right are the buildings highest mine in the United States. In the distance is the Sawatch Range, lying west of the Arkansas. The prominent peaks in the range are Grand, Elbert, La Plata, and Harvard, the highest mountains in the whole Rocky Mountain chain. Lake, Park, and Summit Counties, Colorado. 1873.
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Album caption: North front of Romanzof Mountains and Anaktuvuk Plateau, Okpliak River, Alaska. Handwritten notes on album caption: (See # 84) Canning district, Northern Alaska region, Alaska. ca. 1910. No index card available.
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Album caption and index card: Front range of the Rocky Mountains from near Gray's and Torrey's Peaks. This view is very nearly due north, looking down on the spur of Mount McClellan, and directly opposite from Gray's Peak. Beyond is James Peak, and the range about it. Along the horizon is Long's Peak, and the range running west from it, forming the boundary between North and Middle Parks. Clear Creek, Grand and Boulder Counties, Colorado. 1873. (Panorama with nos. 1310-1311; jwh01310-jwh01311; 1313 - 1315; jwh01313, jwh01314, jwh01315).
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Album caption: Mud Geyser, on the Yellowstone River, Hot Spring Series, Handwritten notes on album caption: 57-HS-97 USGS in National Archives. New no. 97. In action. 1871. This photo appears to have been retouched in the center of glass neg. to indicate the rise and fall of the geyser. Some other geyser photos have the retouching. Nellie C. Carico topog. div. June 14, 1972. Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, W. H. Jackson, Photographer, Second Edition, Illustrated, 1871 Series, page 29, No. 264: Mud Geyser in action. The only true mud geyser discovered, 8 miles below Yellowstone Lake. It has a funnel-shaped orifice in the center of a basin 150 feet...
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Album caption: Glacier near the head of the Okpilak River, Alaska. Index card: Small glacier near the head of the Okpilak River. Canning district, Northern Alaska region, Alaska. ca. 1910. Notes: Published in U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 109, Plate XX-A. 1919.
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Album caption: Yacht Argo in winter, Flaxman Island, Alaska. Handwritten notes on album caption: (See # 124) Canning district, Northern Alaska region, Alaska. ca. 1910.
map background search result map search result map Temple of Aeolus, Virgin River. Zion National Park, Utah. circa 1870s. Kanab Canyon. Utah. circa 1870s. Colob Cliffs or Peaks. Utah. circa 1870s. Glen Canyon, Colorado River. Utah. circa 1870s. Side ravine in Glen Canyon. Utah. circa 1870s. Gorge between sheer rock cliffs. San Juan County, Utah. circa 1870s. Major Powell's famous armchair boat on the Colorado River. Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. 1872. Canyons of the Colorado River of the west, Cataract Canyon. San Juan and Garfield Counties, Utah. circa 1871. Independence Rock. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1870. Church Buttes on Blacks Fork. Uinta County, Wyoming. 1870. East from Independence Rock. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1870. View west from the summit of Mount Lincoln. The foreground is the continuation from Bross to Lincoln. Lake, Park, and Summit Counties, Colorado. 1873. Front range of the Rocky Mountains from near Gray's and Torrey's Peaks. Clear Creek, Grand, and Boulder Counties, Colorado. 1873. Glacier near the head of the Okpilak River, Canning district, Northern Alaska region, Alaska. ca. 1910. Romanzof Mountains and Anaktuvuk Plateau. Canning district, Northern Alaska region, Alaska. ca. 1910. Anaktuvuk Plateau and Arctic Mountains. Canning district, Northern Alaska region, Alaska. ca. 1910. Yacht Argo in winter. Canning district, Northern Alaska region, Alaska. ca.1910. Tent after gale. Northern Alaska region, Alaska. ca.1910. Coming home from whaling. Barrow district, Northern Alaska region, Alaska. 1908. Mud Geyser in action. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1871. Temple of Aeolus, Virgin River. Zion National Park, Utah. circa 1870s. Church Buttes on Blacks Fork. Uinta County, Wyoming. 1870. Mud Geyser in action. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1871. View west from the summit of Mount Lincoln. The foreground is the continuation from Bross to Lincoln. Lake, Park, and Summit Counties, Colorado. 1873. Front range of the Rocky Mountains from near Gray's and Torrey's Peaks. Clear Creek, Grand, and Boulder Counties, Colorado. 1873. East from Independence Rock. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1870. Independence Rock. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1870. Major Powell's famous armchair boat on the Colorado River. Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. 1872. Gorge between sheer rock cliffs. San Juan County, Utah. circa 1870s. Canyons of the Colorado River of the west, Cataract Canyon. San Juan and Garfield Counties, Utah. circa 1871. Kanab Canyon. Utah. circa 1870s. Colob Cliffs or Peaks. Utah. circa 1870s. Glen Canyon, Colorado River. Utah. circa 1870s. Side ravine in Glen Canyon. Utah. circa 1870s. Glacier near the head of the Okpilak River, Canning district, Northern Alaska region, Alaska. ca. 1910. Romanzof Mountains and Anaktuvuk Plateau. Canning district, Northern Alaska region, Alaska. ca. 1910. Anaktuvuk Plateau and Arctic Mountains. Canning district, Northern Alaska region, Alaska. ca. 1910. Yacht Argo in winter. Canning district, Northern Alaska region, Alaska. ca.1910. Tent after gale. Northern Alaska region, Alaska. ca.1910. Coming home from whaling. Barrow district, Northern Alaska region, Alaska. 1908.