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Album caption: Great memorial valley on the Arkansas at the mouth of the La Plata. Colorado. No date. Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, W. H. Jackson, Photographer, Second Edition, Illustrated, 1873 Series, page 58, No. 91, "Moraines on La Plata Creek. A grand display of great glacial power. Upon either side of the creek are two lateral moraines a half mile apart, three miles in length, and averaging 500 feet in height, as regular as if plowed up by Titans. The granite walls of the canyon above are ground and polished so smoothly as to glisten in the sunlight. Ages past a glacier filled this canyon five hundred to eight hundred feet in depth, and...
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The Uinta Mountains. View from Photograph Ridge, elevation 10,829 feet. One of the grandest and most perfect mountain views in the west. The foreground is a picturesque group of the mountain pines. In the middle distance, glimmering in the sunlight like a silver thread, is Blacks Fork, meandering through grass, lawn-like parks, the eye following it up to its sources among the everlasting snows of the summitridge. The peaks or cones in the distance are most distinctly stratified and apparently horizontal, or nearly so, with their summits far above the limits of perpetual snow, and from 1,500 to 2,000 feet above the springs that give rise to the streams below. Summit County, Utah. 1870.
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Picturesque views of Rocky Mountain scenery. Head of Black Fork, Uinta Mountains. Utah. 1870. (Stereoscopic view)
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The Castle Rock in Boulder Canyon. The canyon is about 17 miles in length, cutting deep down through the metamorphic rocks of the foothills, so that in some places the sides of the canyon rise up nearly 3,000 feet above its bed. Boulder County, Colorado. 1873.
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Album Caption: United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel (King Survey). Plate 9: Truckee Desert. Sand dunes on east side. Nevada. n.d. (Photo by T.H. O'Sullivan) Handwritten Note: 1867.
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Album Caption: United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel (King Survey). Plate 4; Mono Lake in Sierra. Obsidian Crater in the foreground. California. March 1868 (Photo by T.H. O'Sullivan)
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Picturesque views of Rocky Mountain scenery. Camp of the U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories, Uninta Mountains. Utah. September 16, 1870. Amount the pines of the foothills in the Uinta Mountains, Elevation of nearly 10,000 ft. above sea level.
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Album caption: View near the mouth of West Gallatin Canyon. A limestone mountain on the east side of the canyon, lying directly upon the volcanic rocks, an exposed face bordering the river, showing the line of junction. Gallatin County, Montana. 1872. Index card unavailable. Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, W. H. Jackson, Photographer, Second Edition, Illustrated, 1872 Series, page 45, No. 483, 484: View near the mouth of West Gallatin Cañon. A limestone mountain on the east side of the cañon, lying directly upon the volcanic rocks, an exposed face bordering the river, showing the line of junction.
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Album caption and index card: Badlands on Laramie River. From the Chugwater, we cross table-like plains for 10 miles, and descend to the beautiful valley of the Laramie. The Tertiary rocks near the crossing have weathered into quite remarkable architectural forms, much like those of White River of Dakota. The texture is similar also, with marls and calcareous concretions, passing up into fine sandstone, which decompose so readily that valleys and the hills are covered with loose sand. Platte County, Wyoming. 1870.
map background search result map search result map View near the mouth of West Gallatin Canyon. Gallatin County, Montana. 1872. Badlands on Laramie River from the Chugwater. Platte County, Wyoming. 1870. The Uinta Mountains. View from Photograph Ridge, elevation 10,829 feet. Summit County, Utah. 1870. Treasure Mountain in Elk Mountains, and view down the canyon of Rock Creek. Gunnison County, Colorado. 1873. Distant view of the Great Hot Springs on the Madison River. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. circa 1878. Hot Spring on Iron Spring Creek, Upper Firehole. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1878. Hayden Valley. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. n.d. The Old Z, or a portion of the track at the head of Echo before the completion of the tunnel. Summit County, Utah. 1869. Chicago Lakes. Clear Creek County, Colorado. 1873. View on the Blue River, looking west across the river. Summit County, Colorado. 1874. (Stereoscopic view) Bakers Park, view south from above Howardsville. San Juan County, Utah. 1874. Wind River Peak. Fremont County, Wyoming. 1878. Erosion forms in Monument Park. El Paso County, Colorado. 1870. The Castle Rock in Boulder Canyon. Boulder County, Colorado. 1873. Chicago Lakes. Clear Creek County, Colorado. 1873. The Castle Rock in Boulder Canyon. Boulder County, Colorado. 1873. View on the Blue River, looking west across the river. Summit County, Colorado. 1874. (Stereoscopic view) Badlands on Laramie River from the Chugwater. Platte County, Wyoming. 1870. Erosion forms in Monument Park. El Paso County, Colorado. 1870. The Old Z, or a portion of the track at the head of Echo before the completion of the tunnel. Summit County, Utah. 1869. The Uinta Mountains. View from Photograph Ridge, elevation 10,829 feet. Summit County, Utah. 1870. Distant view of the Great Hot Springs on the Madison River. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. circa 1878. Hot Spring on Iron Spring Creek, Upper Firehole. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1878. Hayden Valley. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. n.d. Treasure Mountain in Elk Mountains, and view down the canyon of Rock Creek. Gunnison County, Colorado. 1873. View near the mouth of West Gallatin Canyon. Gallatin County, Montana. 1872. Bakers Park, view south from above Howardsville. San Juan County, Utah. 1874. Wind River Peak. Fremont County, Wyoming. 1878.