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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: 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: Camp at Red Buttes. Northwest end of Casper Mountain. Our camp at the Red Buttes was pleasantly located on the broad grassy bottoms of the Platte, in a sort of amphitheater, with the red beds rising to a great elevation all around. The Red Buttes are so called from the high ridges, or groups of ridges, on the south side of the Platte, their basset edges bearing eastward toward out camp, and of a bright brick red in color. As we approach them from the east, in the afternoon, the rays of the setting sun greatly heighten their effect and bring them out in strong relief, so that we can readily see why they have been such prominent landmarks, and have so long attracted the attention of the...
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Album caption and index card: A camp on Henrys Fork, among the big cottonwoods that line all the streams. Daggett County, Utah. 1870. Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, W. H. Jackson, Photographer, Second Edition, Illustrated, 1870 Series, page 18, No. 130 caption, "A camp on Henrys Fork, among the big cottonwoods that line all the streams."
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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: 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: All that remains of the Three Crossings Stage Station at the Three Crossings of the Sweetwater. Buffalo Bill made one of his record rides from Red Butte through this point to St. Marys Station and back, a distance of 322 miles in 24 hours. Fremont County, Wyoming. 1870.
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Album caption: The Flaming Gorge, a view on Green River, very near the location where Major Powell launched his expeditions for the Colorado River. View at the mouth of Henrys Fork, of great beauty, and which derives its principal charm from the vivid coloring. The waters of the river are of the purest emerald, with banks and sand bars of glistening white. The perpendicular bluff to the right is nearly 1,500 feet above the level of the river, and of a bright red and yellow. When entrance or gateway to the still greater wonders and grandeurs of the famous Red Canyon, that cuts its way to a depth of 3,000 feet between this point and its entrance into Browns Hole. Daggett County, Utah. 1870. Index card unavailable....
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Album caption and index card: Camp of the Survey, on the 16th of September, among the pines of the foothills, in the Uinta Mountains, at an elevation of nearly 10,000 feet above the sea. Daggett County, Utah. 1870. (Steroview available) Similar to W.H. Jackson photograph number 280, jwh00280. Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, W. H. Jackson, Photographer, Second Edition, Illustrated, 1870 Series, page 16, No. 116, "Camp of the Survey, on the 16th of September, among the pines of the foot-hills, in the Uintah Mountains, at an elevation of nearly 10,000 feet above the sea." Handwritten notes by N. Carico, "The Hayden campers are preparing birds for...
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Album caption and index card: A view of the coal bearing bluffs near Point of Rocks, on Bitter Creek, Union Pacific Railroad, 805 miles west of Omaha, and 6,484 feet above the sea. The veins are about 5 feet thick, cropping out high on the bluff, and with a very slight inclination to the northwest. Sweetwater County, Wyoming. 1870.
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Album caption and index card: Camp near Cheyenne, at Fort D.A. Russell. The rendezvous camp where the survey was organized and equipped for field service. Laramie County, Wyoming. 1870.
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Album caption and index card: Beaver Dam Gulch. A stream flowing into the main creek at Atlantic City, the bed of which is completely monopolized by colonies of beavers, which have built a continuous series of dams, from bank to bank, for a distance of 3 or 4 miles. Fremont County, Wyoming. 1870.
map background search result map search result map Camp near Cheyenne, at Fort D.A. Russell. Laramie County, Wyoming. 1870. Badlands on Laramie River from the Chugwater. Platte County, Wyoming. 1870. Camp at Red Buttes, northwest end of Casper Mountain. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1870. Group of members of the Survey, made while in camp at Red Buttes. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1870. Independence Rock. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1870. Studies along the summit of the Granite Mountains on the Sweetwater. Fremont County, Wyoming. 1870. Studies along the summit of the Granite Mountains on the Sweetwater. Fremont County, Wyoming. 1870. Remnants of the Three Crossings Stage Station. Fremont County, Wyoming. 1870. Beaver Dam Gulch, a stream flowing into the main creek at Atlantic City. Fremont County, Wyoming. 1870. Camp of the Hayden Survey, in the Uinta Mountains, Daggett County, Utah. 1870. The Flaming Gorge, a view on Green River, very near the location where Major Powell launched his expeditions for the Colorado River. Daggett County, Utah. 1870. A view of the coal-bearing bluffs near Point of Rocks, on Bitter Creek. Sweetwater County, Wyoming. 1870. Bluffs on the North Fork of the Platte, near the crossing of the old Overland Stage Road. Wyoming. 1870. Granite rocks, at foot of Laramie Peak. Albany County, Wyoming. 1870. Church Buttes on Blacks Fork. Uinta County, Wyoming. 1870. East from Independence Rock. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1870. Church Buttes on Blacks Fork, near Granger. Uinta County, Wyoming. 1870. U.S. Geological Survey camp on the Sweetwater River. Wyoming. circa 1870. U.S. Geological Survey on Rock Creek. Wyoming. 1870. Survey camp at Henrys Fork. Daggett County, Utah. 1870. Survey camp at Henrys Fork. Daggett County, Utah. 1870. Camp of the Hayden Survey, in the Uinta Mountains, Daggett County, Utah. 1870. The Flaming Gorge, a view on Green River, very near the location where Major Powell launched his expeditions for the Colorado River. Daggett County, Utah. 1870. Church Buttes on Blacks Fork. Uinta County, Wyoming. 1870. Church Buttes on Blacks Fork, near Granger. Uinta County, Wyoming. 1870. Badlands on Laramie River from the Chugwater. Platte County, Wyoming. 1870. Camp near Cheyenne, at Fort D.A. Russell. Laramie County, Wyoming. 1870. Granite rocks, at foot of Laramie Peak. Albany County, Wyoming. 1870. East from Independence Rock. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1870. Camp at Red Buttes, northwest end of Casper Mountain. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1870. Group of members of the Survey, made while in camp at Red Buttes. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1870. Independence Rock. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1870. A view of the coal-bearing bluffs near Point of Rocks, on Bitter Creek. Sweetwater County, Wyoming. 1870. Studies along the summit of the Granite Mountains on the Sweetwater. Fremont County, Wyoming. 1870. Studies along the summit of the Granite Mountains on the Sweetwater. Fremont County, Wyoming. 1870. Remnants of the Three Crossings Stage Station. Fremont County, Wyoming. 1870. Beaver Dam Gulch, a stream flowing into the main creek at Atlantic City. Fremont County, Wyoming. 1870. Bluffs on the North Fork of the Platte, near the crossing of the old Overland Stage Road. Wyoming. 1870. U.S. Geological Survey camp on the Sweetwater River. Wyoming. circa 1870. U.S. Geological Survey on Rock Creek. Wyoming. 1870.