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Album caption and index card: A perpendicular bluff of curiously weathered sandstone opposite the cave. 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. 138: A perpendicular bluff of curiously weathered sandstone opposite the cave.
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Album caption and index card: Camp at Grotto Spring. Converse County, Wyoming. 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 12, Nos. 62, 63 caption, "Camp on the La Bonta." Personal email communication from Alan Terrell on January 10, 2021, "The date for the images, jwh00262, jwh00263 and jwh00264 is August 15, 1870. Supporting information is from the Jackson diary transcription. La Bonte Creek is the heading of the diary page. Layover. Photographed camp (jwh00262, jwh00263). Made fine views of cottonwoods and willows (jwh00264). Photo jwh00265 is of the creek with man and horse....
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Album caption and index card: Atlantic City, South Pass. Fremont County, Wyoming. 1870. Handwritten information on back of duplicate photograph: Atlantic City, south Pass. Jackson, W.H. 302, old neg. number 99, 1870 series. Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, W. H. Jackson, Photographer, Second Edition, Illustrated, 1870 Series, page 15, No. 99: Atlantic City, South Pass.
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Album caption and index card: The Wind River Mountains and Fremont Peak from the summit of the Foothill Range, north of South Pass, at an elevation of 10,000 feet above the sea. Far above in the distance rise the snow-capped ridges of the axis of the range with Fremont and Snow Peaks in view. Fremont gives the elevation of Snow Peak as 13,570 feet, and it is the highest in this range. A characteristic feature of these mountains is the dense growth of a species of the nut pine, which furnishes food for innumerable birds and squirrels, and supplies the Indians with their favorite food. Fremont County, Wyoming. 1870.
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Album caption and index card: Fort Laramie, named after an old trapper, was established in 1849, and was once a trading post of the Northwestern Fur Company. It is noted as being the place where many important treaties have been made with the Indians. Situated on the Laramie River, about 2 miles above its junction with the North Platte, and on the line of the old Overland Road to Oregon and California. Goshen County, Wyoming. 1870.
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Album caption and index card: Box Elder Canyon affords a good section through the main ridge, being a much more regular gorge than the canyon of the La Prele. It is from 600 to 800 feet in depth, entirely of erosion, and so narrow that it is difficult to pass through it on foot, the side walls being perpendicular and sometimes overhanging. The predominating rocks are calcareous sandstones and some layers of quite fine limestones, with a great variety of texture. Converse County, Wyoming. 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 13, Nos. 71, 72 caption, Box Elder Canon affords...
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Album caption and index card: Picturesque view of Rocky Mountain scenery. View from Caspar Mountain. Wyoming. 1870. (Stereoscopic view) Personal email communication from Alan Terrell on February 21, 2021, "A stereo view near Casper Mountain, was very likely taken on the same day, but I cannot be absolutely sure about it. I would suggest perhaps ca August 22, 1870. It's actually the only day that it could have been taken, but he does not describe photographing on the northern lower slopes of Casper Mountain."
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Album caption and index card: Badlands on Blacks Fork. We can see in them the very process by which they have been carved into such curious and beautiful forms. Uinta County, Wyoming. 1870. (Panorama with photo no. 308, jwh00308)
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Album caption and index card: View from the summit of Independence Rock, looking down the Sweetwater Valley, and showing plainly that all this portion of the valley was at one time the bed of a great lake. Fort Ridge on the right. View extends to upper end of Pathfinder Reservoir. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1870.
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Album caption and index card: S.R. Gifford, artist, seated. Castellated rocks on the Chugwater. A very conspicuous feature which we notice in descending the valley of the Chugwater is the high bluff of Lower Cretaceous sandstone, which stretches away toward the northeast like a huge wall. The jointage is so regular that it presents the appearance of massive mason work gradually falling to decay. The sides of these sandstone walls are from 40 to 60 feet perpendicular, sometimes overhanging, large masses of which have broken off and fallen to the base. Their most striking feature, however, is to weather into most picturesque castellated forms. The valley of the Chugwater is 100 miles long, and is a favorite place...
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Album caption and index card: Fort Fetterman, named for Lieutenant Colonel William I. Fetterman, killed at the Fort Phil Kearney massacre, December 21, 1866. Established July 19, 1867, and garrisoned by four companies of infantry. Is situated at the mouth of La Prele Creek, 135 miles north from Cheyenne, and 70 miles from Fort Laramie. Converse County, Wyoming. 1870.
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Album caption and index card: Badlands near old Fort Casper. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1870. (Stereoscopic view) Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, W. H. Jackson, Photographer, Second Edition, Illustrated, 1870 Series, page 20, No. 294-296 caption, Bad-Lands, near old Fort Caspar. Personal email communication from Alan Terrell on February 11, 2021, "jwh00274, jwh00864, and jwh01488. These are of badlands near Ft. Casper. They were taken on August 23, 1870. Jackson's diary supporting entry, '(16 1/2m With Dr. Ell. Giff. & Ford went back with ambulance and made a few views of the Bad Lands."
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Album caption and index card: The Uinta Mountains. A distant view from the foothills bordering Bear River. Summit 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 17, No. 124-126: A distant view from the foothills bordering Bear River.
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Album caption and index card: View of the Red Buttes at what is now known as Bessemer Bend, a notable point on the old Oregon Trail where the Oregon Trail left the North Platte River for the Sweetwater. The approximate location of a massacre of 23 U.S. Troopers in 1865, which occurred at the same time as the death of Casper Collins at that bridge, for whom the town of Casper was named. Natrona County, Wyoming. 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 14, No. 76 caption, Red Buttes and the North Platte River. Personal email communication from Alan Terrell on February 11, 2021,...
map background search result map search result map Laramie Peak from near the head of the Big Cottonwood. Albany County, Wyoming. 1870. S.R. Gifford, artist, seated. Castellated rocks on the Chugwater. Platte County, Wyoming. 1870. Granite ridges near the eastern base of Laramie Peak. Albany County, Wyoming. 1870. Camp at Grotto Spring. Converse County, Wyoming. 1870. Fort Fetterman. Converse County, Wyoming. 1870. Fort Laramie. Goshen County, Wyoming. 1870. Box Elder Canyon. Converse County, Wyoming. 1870. View of the Red Buttes at Bessemer Bend. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1870. View from the summit of Independence Rock, looking down the Sweetwater Valley. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1870. Granite Mountains above Devil's Gate. Fremont County, Wyoming. 1870. Atlantic City, South Pass. Fremont County, Wyoming. 1870. The Wind River Mountains and Fremont Peak from the summit of the Foothill Range. Fremont County, Wyoming. 1870. Badlands on Blacks Fork. Uinta County, Wyoming. 1870. The Uinta Mountains, a distant view from the foothills bordering Bear River. Summit County, Utah. 1870. A perpendicular bluff of curiously weathered sandstone opposite the cave. Daggett County, Utah. 1870. Badlands near old Fort Casper. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1870. West from southern foothills of Wind River Mountains. Fremont County, Wyoming. 1870. Survey camp on Medicine Bow River. Carbon County, Wyoming. 1870. Picturesque view of Rocky Mountain scenery from Caspar Mountain. Wyoming. 1870. Devil's Gate. Wyoming. 1870. A perpendicular bluff of curiously weathered sandstone opposite the cave. Daggett County, Utah. 1870. Badlands on Blacks Fork. Uinta County, Wyoming. 1870. Fort Laramie. Goshen County, Wyoming. 1870. The Uinta Mountains, a distant view from the foothills bordering Bear River. Summit County, Utah. 1870. S.R. Gifford, artist, seated. Castellated rocks on the Chugwater. Platte County, Wyoming. 1870. Camp at Grotto Spring. Converse County, Wyoming. 1870. Fort Fetterman. Converse County, Wyoming. 1870. Box Elder Canyon. Converse County, Wyoming. 1870. Laramie Peak from near the head of the Big Cottonwood. Albany County, Wyoming. 1870. Granite ridges near the eastern base of Laramie Peak. Albany County, Wyoming. 1870. Badlands near old Fort Casper. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1870. View of the Red Buttes at Bessemer Bend. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1870. View from the summit of Independence Rock, looking down the Sweetwater Valley. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1870. Survey camp on Medicine Bow River. Carbon County, Wyoming. 1870. West from southern foothills of Wind River Mountains. Fremont County, Wyoming. 1870. Granite Mountains above Devil's Gate. Fremont County, Wyoming. 1870. Atlantic City, South Pass. Fremont County, Wyoming. 1870. The Wind River Mountains and Fremont Peak from the summit of the Foothill Range. Fremont County, Wyoming. 1870. Picturesque view of Rocky Mountain scenery from Caspar Mountain. Wyoming. 1870. Devil's Gate. Wyoming. 1870.