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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.
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Album caption and index card: View of the Colorado or Front Range from near Gold Hill, as seen from Bald Mountain, about 3 miles west from the Ward mining district, embracing a view from Long's Peak on the north, to near Arapahoe on the south. In the foreground is one of the little snow-fed lakes, so numerous throughout the mountains, and forming a pleasant variety to the monotony of numberless snow-white peaks. Although this view was made late in June, it will be seen that the hillsides are heavily draped in a mantle of snow, lying very deep through all the forest. The difficulty of reaching even this altitude was very great, requiring most laborious plunging through the thick timber and deep drifts. At the extreme...
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Album caption and index card: Tower Mountain, opposite Howardsville, Bakers Park. Upon its nearby perpendicular fact of 3,000 feet are exposed a number of quartz veins, traversing its whole length. The one cutting down diagonally from the left is the Mammoth lode. Most of the others are claimed as mineral-bearing veins. San Juan County, Colorado. 1874. Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, W. H. Jackson, Photographer, Second Edition, Illustrated, 1874 Series, page 69, No. 139: Tower Mountain, opposite Howardsville, Bakers Park. Upon its nearby perpendicular fact of 3,000 feet are exposed a number of quartz veins, traversing its whole length. The one cutting...
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Handwritten information on back of photograph: The Rostrum, with unidentified man, Pulpit Terraces, Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park. W.H. Jackson, photographer, Hayden Survey, HS-235, 8x10, 1871 series. Information printed on front of photograph: Mammoth Hot Sprg, The Rostrum. Stamped information on back of photograph: Credit Line: U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, photo no. HS-235, 8x10, 1871 series. No index card. No information located in the Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, W. H. Jackson, Photographer, Second Edition, Illustrated.
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Album caption: Group of all the members of the Survey, made while in camp at the Red Buttes, junction of the North Platte and Sweetwater. Standing left to right: John "Potato John" Raymond and "Val"; cooks; S.R. Gifford, landscape painter and guest; H.W. Elliott, artist; James Stevenson, assistant; H.D. Schmidt, naturalist; C.P. Carrington, zoologist; L.A. Bartlett, general assistant; W.H. Jackson, photographer. Sitting left to right: C.S. Turnbull, secretary; J.H. Beaman, meteorologist; F.V. Hayden, geologist in charge; Cyrus Thomas, agriculturist; Raphael ...., hunter; A.L. Ford, mineralogist. Natrona County, Wyoming. August 24, 1870. Index card unavailable. See also: jwh00282. Personal email communication...
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Album caption and index card: Photo outfit at the summit of Mt. Washburn. [Yellowstone National Park] Wyoming. n.d. Handwritten note on album caption: 1883 Typed information on back of duplicate photograph: One of Jackson's assistants holds Hypo, the aptly-named mule, who at times, carried as much as 350 pounds of photo equipment. On summit of Mount Washburn, Yellowstone area, Wyoming Territory. Year: 1874. Photo by W.H. Jackson. Neg. no. 57-HS-711 in the National Archives. Published on page 30, lower left photograph, of the USGS GIP, Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden and the Founding of the Yellowstone National Park. Personal email communication from Alan Terrell on January 23, 2021, "The date is likely 1871 since...
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Album caption: Camp study. Smith, topographer. This man was on only the 1871 expedition. 1871. Index card: Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, W. H. Jackson, Photographer, Second Edition, Illustrated, 1874 Series, page 72, Nos. 173 to 239: Camp-Studies; are a miscellaneous collection of views of the camp and its personnel, showing fully the interior working of the survey while in the field.
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Album caption and index card: Camps of the Geological Survey, near Fort Ellis, preparatory to moving over on the Yellowstone. Gallatin County, Montana. 1871. Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, W. H. Jackson, Photographer, Second Edition, Illustrated, 1871 Series, page 23, Nos. 194, 195: Camps of the Survey, near Fort Ellis, preparatory to moving over on the Yellowstone.
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Album caption: Basin of Hot Springs, On Yellowstone Lake, Hot Spring Series. Handwritten notes on album caption: New no. 57-HS-103. Old no. 276. Exquisite color give them this great beauty. 1871. Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, W. H. Jackson, Photographer, Second Edition, Illustrated, 1871 Series, page 30, No. 276: A group of hot-spring basins in the same vicinity. Their great beauty lies almost wholly in the exquisite color they possess, and of which no pen can convey an adequate idea.
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Handwritten notes on album caption: Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. 1871 Stereo. Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, W. H. Jackson, Photographer, Second Edition, Illustrated, 1871 Series, page 33, Stereoscopic Views, No. 445-447 caption, Grand Canon of the Yellowstone.
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Album caption unavailable. See descriptive catalogue information below. Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, W. H. Jackson, Photographer, Second Edition, Illustrated, 1871 Series, page 28, No. 262: The Grotto Spring. About two miles above the Crater Hills, on the west side of the Yellowstone. A column of steam issuing from a cave on the side of the hill, with an opening of about five feet in diameter, readily locates its position. The roaring of the waters in the cave, and the noise of the waves as they surge up to the mouth of the opening, are like that of the billows lashing the sea-shores. The water is as clear as crystal, and the steam from it is...
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Album caption: Trail in the woods, Gallatin River. 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 47, Nos. 601, 602: Trail in the woods.
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Album caption and index card: Long's Peak from lower end of Estes Park. Rocky Mountain National Park. Boulder and Larimer Counties, Colorado. 1873. Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, W. H. Jackson, Photographer, Second Edition, Illustrated, 1873 Series, page 62, nos. 4, 5: LONG'S PEAK, from lower end of Estes Park.
map background search result map search result map Camps of the Geological Survey, near Fort Ellis. Gallatin County, Montana. 1871. Badlands on Laramie River from the Chugwater. Platte County, Wyoming. 1870. Group of members of the Survey, made while in camp at Red Buttes. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1870. Longs Peak, viewed from the lower end of Estes Park. Rocky Mountain National Park, Boulder and Larimer Counties, Colorado.1873. Tower Mountain, opposite Howardsville, Bakers Park. San Juan County, Colorado. 1874. Camp study, Smith, topographer. Colorado. 1874. Photo outfit at the summit of Mount Washburn. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. circa 1871. Granite rocks, at foot of Laramie Peak. Albany County, Wyoming. 1870. Trail in the woods, Gallatin River. Gallatin County, Montana. 1872. View of the Front Range from near Gold Hill, as seen from Bald Mountain. Boulder County, Colorado. 1873. View south and west from the Whitehouse, National Range. Gunnison County, Colorado. 1873. Studies among the Great Tetons of Snake River. Teton County, Wyoming. 1872. Studies among the Great Tetons of Snake River. Teton County, Wyoming. 1872. The Grotto Spring. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1871. Basin of hot springs. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1871. Devil's Slide on Cinnabar Mountain. Yellowstone National Park. 1871. Lower Basins, Soda Springs, Gardner River. Yellowstone National Park. 1871. Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. Yellowstone National Park. 1871. Giant Geyser, Firehole River. Yellowstone National Park. 1871. The Rostrum, Pulpit Terraces, Mammoth Hot Springs. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1871. Tower Mountain, opposite Howardsville, Bakers Park. San Juan County, Colorado. 1874. View of the Front Range from near Gold Hill, as seen from Bald Mountain. Boulder County, Colorado. 1873. Badlands on Laramie River from the Chugwater. Platte County, Wyoming. 1870. Photo outfit at the summit of Mount Washburn. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. circa 1871. The Grotto Spring. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1871. Basin of hot springs. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1871. Devil's Slide on Cinnabar Mountain. Yellowstone National Park. 1871. Lower Basins, Soda Springs, Gardner River. Yellowstone National Park. 1871. Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. Yellowstone National Park. 1871. Giant Geyser, Firehole River. Yellowstone National Park. 1871. The Rostrum, Pulpit Terraces, Mammoth Hot Springs. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1871. Longs Peak, viewed from the lower end of Estes Park. Rocky Mountain National Park, Boulder and Larimer Counties, Colorado.1873. Studies among the Great Tetons of Snake River. Teton County, Wyoming. 1872. Studies among the Great Tetons of Snake River. Teton County, Wyoming. 1872. Granite rocks, at foot of Laramie Peak. Albany County, Wyoming. 1870. View south and west from the Whitehouse, National Range. Gunnison County, Colorado. 1873. Group of members of the Survey, made while in camp at Red Buttes. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1870. Trail in the woods, Gallatin River. Gallatin County, Montana. 1872. Camps of the Geological Survey, near Fort Ellis. Gallatin County, Montana. 1871. Camp study, Smith, topographer. Colorado. 1874.