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Album caption and index card: View in the Teton Range. 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 46 No. 504-514: The Three Tetons and the range from the two standpoints of Nos. 5 and 7 of 11x14 series, and sweeping the whole horizon in panoramic series.
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Album caption: Helena. A lively, thriving city of about 5,000 inhabitants, sustained chiefly by the mining operations carried on extensively all about it. Lewis and Clark County, Montana. 1872. Index card: None Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, W. H. Jackson, Photographer, Second Edition, Illustrated, 1872 Series, page 46, No. 497: Helena, Mont. A lively, thriving city of about 5,000 inhabitants, sustained chiefly by the mining operations carried on extensively all about it.
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PUBLISHED SOURCE: U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, 7th Annual Report (1873), Illustration B opposite page 326. EXPLORATION: U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (Hayden Survey) Sheet number 7. "Ill. B. Chapt. III. Endlich p. 149." Two sketches of rock strata and outcrops. "Red carboniferous sandstones capped by volcanic strata" is caption in publication.
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Album caption and index card: Bluffs on the North Fork of the Platte, near the crossing of the old Overland Stage road. They are 80 to 100 feet in height, extending along the east bank of the river, and composed of a grayish brown sandstone, exhibiting in a remarkable manner the various signs of shallow water depositions, ripple, rain, and mud markings. Broad, flat masses of rock, lie at the base of the bluff, 15 or 20 feet square, with the surface covered with these peculiar markings. Wyoming. 1870.
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Album caption and index card: A view of the Madison below the great Middle Canyon. [Yellowstone National Park] 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 45, No. 492: A view on the Madison below the Great Middle Cañon.
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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 and index card: Crater of the Grand Geyser. Nearly opposite the Castle, and so named from the great force and power it displays in its eruptions, varying from 150 to 250 feet in height. For a space of 10 feet about the crater the surface is adorned with beautifully scalloped little reservoirs, filled with the clear, transparent waters from the geyser. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1872. See also: jwh01577 Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, W. H. Jackson, Photographer, Second Edition, Illustrated, 1872 Series, page 43, No. 444: Crater of the Grand Geyser. Nearly opposite the Castle, and so named from the great force and power it...
map background search result map search result map Helena. Lewis and Clark County, Montana. 1872. Crater of the Grand Geyser. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1872. A view of the Madison below the great Middle Canyon. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1872. Little Firehole Falls. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. circa 1883. Independence Rock. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1870. Bluffs on the North Fork of the Platte, near the crossing of the old Overland Stage Road. Wyoming. 1870. Brown Sponge Spring, Shoshone Geyser Basin. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1878. In Lower Geyser Basin. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. n.d. Old Faithful Geyser. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. n.d. Lower Falls. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. n.d. Old Faithful Geyser. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. n.d. Upper Geyser Basin near Emerald Spring. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. n.d. East from Independence Rock. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1870. View in the Teton Range. Lincoln County, Wyoming. 1872. Glen Springs, Mammoth Hot Springs. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. circa 1878. Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone from the foot of the Lower Falls, showing the Red Pinnacle. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1878. Great Falls of the Yellowstone, near view. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1878. Stereo studies about Mount Blackmore, M.T. Cascades, head of Middle Creek. Gallatin County, Montana. 1872. U.S. Geological Survey camp on the Sweetwater River. Wyoming. circa 1870. Crater of the Grand Geyser. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1872. A view of the Madison below the great Middle Canyon. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1872. Little Firehole Falls. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. circa 1883. Brown Sponge Spring, Shoshone Geyser Basin. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1878. In Lower Geyser Basin. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. n.d. Old Faithful Geyser. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. n.d. Lower Falls. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. n.d. Old Faithful Geyser. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. n.d. Upper Geyser Basin near Emerald Spring. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. n.d. Glen Springs, Mammoth Hot Springs. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. circa 1878. Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone from the foot of the Lower Falls, showing the Red Pinnacle. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1878. Great Falls of the Yellowstone, near view. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1878. East from Independence Rock. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1870. Independence Rock. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1870. Stereo studies about Mount Blackmore, M.T. Cascades, head of Middle Creek. Gallatin County, Montana. 1872. Helena. Lewis and Clark County, Montana. 1872. Bluffs on the North Fork of the Platte, near the crossing of the old Overland Stage Road. Wyoming. 1870. View in the Teton Range. Lincoln County, Wyoming. 1872. U.S. Geological Survey camp on the Sweetwater River. Wyoming. circa 1870.