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Album caption: Outlet, Surprise Valley, about ten miles above the mouth of Kanab Canyon. (Thompson Valley Outlet). Arizona. n.d. Index card: Same as hjk00451, just west of Tapeats Creek.
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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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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: Relation of Anaktuvuk Plateau and Arctic Mountains, Okpliak River, Alaska. Handwritten notes on album caption: (See # 89) Canning district, Northern Alaska region, Alaska. ca. 1910. No index card available.
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Album caption: Coming home from whaling, Near Barrow, Alaska. Index card: Coming home from whaling, near Barrow; distant view of natives with boats. Barrow district, Northern Alaska region, Alaska. 1908.
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Summary: Repeat photography of the 1871 Powell Colorado River Survey. 1968 Shoemaker Expedition recreating Powell's 1871 survey. For additional information refer to, Stephens, H. G., Shoemaker, E. M., Shoemaker, E. M., & Shoemaker, E. M. (1987). In the footsteps of John Wesley Powell: An album of comparative photographs of the Green and Colorado Rivers, 1871-72 and 1968. Boulder, Colo: Johnson.
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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: Mud Geyser, on the Yellowstone River, Hot Spring Series, Handwritten notes on album caption: 57-HS-97 USGS in National Archives. New no. 97. In action. 1871. This photo appears to have been retouched in the center of glass neg. to indicate the rise and fall of the geyser. Some other geyser photos have the retouching. Nellie C. Carico topog. div. June 14, 1972. Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, W. H. Jackson, Photographer, Second Edition, Illustrated, 1871 Series, page 29, No. 264: Mud Geyser in action. The only true mud geyser discovered, 8 miles below Yellowstone Lake. It has a funnel-shaped orifice in the center of a basin 150 feet...
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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: 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: Leffingwell and astronomical observatory at Flaxman Island. Index card: E. de K. Leffingwell and astronomical observatory at Flaxman Island. Canning district, Northern Alaska region, Alaska. ca. 1906.
map background search result map search result map Surprise Valley, above the mouth of Kanab Canyon. Arizona. circa 1870s. Chimney Rock on the Green River. Daggett County, Utah. 1871. Colob Cliffs or Peaks. Utah. circa 1870s. Side ravine in Glen Canyon. Utah. circa 1870s. Canyon of Desolation. Uintah and Carbon Counties, Utah. circa 1871. Canyons of the Colorado River of the west, Cataract Canyon. San Juan and Garfield Counties, Utah. circa 1871. Independence Rock. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1870. Tower Mountain, opposite Howardsville, Bakers Park. San Juan County, Colorado. 1874. Camp study, Smith, topographer. Colorado. 1874. View in the Teton Range. Lincoln County, Wyoming. 1872. View west from the summit of Mount Lincoln. The foreground is the continuation from Bross to Lincoln. Lake, Park, and Summit Counties, Colorado. 1873. Anaktuvuk Plateau and Arctic Mountains. Canning district, Northern Alaska region, Alaska. ca. 1910. Breaking camp, Marsh Creek. Canning district, Northern Alaska region, Alaska. 1908. Yacht Argo, Arctic Ocean. Canning district, Northern Alaska region, Alaska. ca.1910. Camping in boat in summer. Northern Alaska region, Alaska. ca.1910. Leffingwell at astronomical observatory, Flaxman Island. Canning district, Northern Alaska region, Alaska. ca. 1906. Coming home from whaling. Barrow district, Northern Alaska region, Alaska. 1908. Mud Geyser in action. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1871. Tower Mountain, opposite Howardsville, Bakers Park. San Juan County, Colorado. 1874. Chimney Rock on the Green River. Daggett County, Utah. 1871. Mud Geyser in action. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1871. View west from the summit of Mount Lincoln. The foreground is the continuation from Bross to Lincoln. Lake, Park, and Summit Counties, Colorado. 1873. Independence Rock. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1870. Canyon of Desolation. Uintah and Carbon Counties, Utah. circa 1871. Canyons of the Colorado River of the west, Cataract Canyon. San Juan and Garfield Counties, Utah. circa 1871. Colob Cliffs or Peaks. Utah. circa 1870s. Side ravine in Glen Canyon. Utah. circa 1870s. View in the Teton Range. Lincoln County, Wyoming. 1872. Camp study, Smith, topographer. Colorado. 1874. Surprise Valley, above the mouth of Kanab Canyon. Arizona. circa 1870s. Anaktuvuk Plateau and Arctic Mountains. Canning district, Northern Alaska region, Alaska. ca. 1910. Breaking camp, Marsh Creek. Canning district, Northern Alaska region, Alaska. 1908. Yacht Argo, Arctic Ocean. Canning district, Northern Alaska region, Alaska. ca.1910. Camping in boat in summer. Northern Alaska region, Alaska. ca.1910. Leffingwell at astronomical observatory, Flaxman Island. Canning district, Northern Alaska region, Alaska. ca. 1906. Coming home from whaling. Barrow district, Northern Alaska region, Alaska. 1908.