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Album caption and index card: Pelican's Roost, near Steamboat Point. A detached mass of the hot spring deposit, which has been cut off from the mainland by the action of the waves, and left in the lake 100 feet from the shore. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 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. 291: Pelican's Roost, near Steamy Point. A detached mass of the hot spring deposit, which has been cut off from the mainland by the action of the waves, and left in the lake one hundred feet from the shore.
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Album caption and index card: Zuni from housetops, looking east. McKinely County, New Mexico. n.d.
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Album caption and index card: Glimpses along the west bank of Green River between Green River Station and Burning Rock cut, showing to good advantage the wall-like and castellated forms on the opposite side of the river. Sweetwater County, Wyoming. 1869. Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, W. H. Jackson, Photographer, Second Edition, Illustrated, 1869 Series, page 6, Nos 17 - 20: Glimpses along the west bank of Green River between the station and Burning Rock cut, showing to good advantage the wall-like and castellated forms on the opposite side of the river.
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Album caption and index card: View west from the summit of Mount Lincoln. The foreground is the continuation from Bross to Lincoln. At the right are the buildings highest mine in the United States. In the distance is the Sawatch Range, lying west of the Arkansas. The prominent peaks in the range are Grand, Elbert, La Plata, and Harvard, the highest mountains in the whole Rocky Mountain chain. Lake, Park, and Summit Counties, Colorado. 1873.
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Black Canyon of the Colorado River, looking above from Camp 7 in Nevada. Photo by T.H. O'Sullivan.U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian (Wheeler Survey, 1871 Expedition).
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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: Craterlet and curled mud flakes, Ten Mile Hill. Charleston earthquake of August 31, 1886. Berkeley County, South Carolina. September 1886. (Photo by C. C. Jones) Published as plate 21 in U.S. Geological Survey. Annual report no. 9, 1887-1888. 1889. Index card unavailable.
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Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. Valley of roche moutonnees toward Grand Lake. View is west from the foot of Round Top Mountain. This valley was once the seat of immense glaciers which eroded and polished all the ridges down its length. Ridges glisten in the sunlight. 1874. U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (Hayden Survey).
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Album caption and index card: Crater of Castle Geyser, near view, from between it and the Beautiful Hot Spring lying next to the river. 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 43, No. 437: Crater of the Castle Geyser, near view, from between it and the Beautiful Hot Spring lying next the river.
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Album caption and index card: Front range of the Rocky Mountains from near Gray's and Torrey's Peaks. This view is very nearly due north, looking down on the spur of Mount McClellan, and directly opposite from Gray's Peak. Beyond is James Peak, and the range about it. Along the horizon is Long's Peak, and the range running west from it, forming the boundary between North and Middle Parks. Clear Creek, Grand and Boulder Counties, Colorado. 1873. (Panorama with nos. 1310-1311; jwh01310-jwh01311; 1313 - 1315; jwh01313, jwh01314, jwh01315).
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Mount Byers, head of Sacramento Gulch, lying next south of Mosquito. From the same standpoint as photo no. 376. Prominent in the view are the long slopes of quartzites which break down suddenly and leave the great basin or amphitheater between it and the granites of the main range. Park County, Colorado. 1873. (Photo same as no. 377)
map background search result map search result map Zuni from housetops, looking east. McKinley County, New Mexico. n.d. Craterlet and curled mud flakes,Ten Mile Hill. Berkeley County, South Carolina. 1886. Temple of Aeolus, Virgin River. Zion National Park, Utah. circa 1870s. Kanab Canyon. Utah. circa 1870s. Side ravine in Glen Canyon. Utah. circa 1870s. Major Powell's famous armchair boat on the Colorado River. Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. 1872. Glimpses along the west bank of Green River between Green River Station and Burning Rock cut. Sweetwater County, Wyoming. 1869. Pelican's Roost, near Steamboat Point. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1871. Crater of Castle Geyser. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1872. The Lone Star Geyser. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. circa 1883. Camp at Red Buttes, northwest end of Casper Mountain. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1870. Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. Valley of roche moutonnees toward Grand Lake. View is west from the foot of Round Top Mountain. 1874. The Animas River, Bakers Park, near the mouth of Arastra Gulch, looking down toward Sultan Mountain. San Juan County, Colorado. 1875. View west from the summit of Mount Lincoln. The foreground is the continuation from Bross to Lincoln. Lake, Park, and Summit Counties, Colorado. 1873. Front range of the Rocky Mountains from near Gray's and Torrey's Peaks. Clear Creek, Grand, and Boulder Counties, Colorado. 1873. Mount Byers, head of Sacramento Gulch, lying next south of Mosquito. Park County, Colorado. 1873. James Peak. Clear Creek County, Colorado. 1873. Survey camp at Henrys Fork. Daggett County, Utah. 1870. Excelsior Geyser. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. n.d. Temple of Aeolus, Virgin River. Zion National Park, Utah. circa 1870s. James Peak. Clear Creek County, Colorado. 1873. Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. Valley of roche moutonnees toward Grand Lake. View is west from the foot of Round Top Mountain. 1874. The Animas River, Bakers Park, near the mouth of Arastra Gulch, looking down toward Sultan Mountain. San Juan County, Colorado. 1875. Survey camp at Henrys Fork. Daggett County, Utah. 1870. Craterlet and curled mud flakes,Ten Mile Hill. Berkeley County, South Carolina. 1886. Mount Byers, head of Sacramento Gulch, lying next south of Mosquito. Park County, Colorado. 1873. Pelican's Roost, near Steamboat Point. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1871. Crater of Castle Geyser. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1872. The Lone Star Geyser. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. circa 1883. Excelsior Geyser. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. n.d. View west from the summit of Mount Lincoln. The foreground is the continuation from Bross to Lincoln. Lake, Park, and Summit Counties, Colorado. 1873. Front range of the Rocky Mountains from near Gray's and Torrey's Peaks. Clear Creek, Grand, and Boulder Counties, Colorado. 1873. Camp at Red Buttes, northwest end of Casper Mountain. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1870. Zuni from housetops, looking east. McKinley County, New Mexico. n.d. Major Powell's famous armchair boat on the Colorado River. Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. 1872. Glimpses along the west bank of Green River between Green River Station and Burning Rock cut. Sweetwater County, Wyoming. 1869. Kanab Canyon. Utah. circa 1870s. Side ravine in Glen Canyon. Utah. circa 1870s.