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- Sultan Mt., Baker's Park
- View of the Animas Valley, the Animas River, snow on Sultan Mountain, and Silverton (Bakers Park) in the distance (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows rock formations, a dirt road, and trees. A man stands by a wooden bridge.
- Animas River (Colo. and N.M. )--1880-1890.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Sultan Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1890.; Rivers--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1890.; Rock...
- Mormon Temple and Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Utah
- View of the Mormon (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) Temple, Tabernacle and Assembly Hall in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. Shows the arched and round windows and spires of the Gothic style Temple, the oval dome roof of the...
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Buildings--1900-1910.; Salt Lake Temple--1900-1910.; Tabernacle (Salt Lake City, Utah)--1900-1910.; Mormon temples--Utah--Salt Lake County--1900-1910.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1900-1910.; Temple Square...
- Harvest scene near Brookings, South Dakota
- Workers harvest hay on a farm near Brookings, South Dakota. A farm house, horse-drawn equipment and a hay wagon are near the work site.
- Brookings (S.D.)--1880-1890.; Farms--South Dakota--Brookings--1880-1890.; Harvesting--South Dakota--Brookings--1880-1890.; Hay--South Dakota--Brookings--1880-1890.
- Manitou Soda Springs in 1870
- Men sit on rocks near Manitou Soda Spring and Navajo Spring on Fountain Creek in Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. A wood bridge and horse-drawn wagon are nearby.
- Fountain Creek (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.
- 1870
- Approaching Graymont, Colorado
- Clear Creek runs between Colorado and Southern railroad tracks and a wooden flume near Graymont in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Shows Grays Peak.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1880-1890.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Grays Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Flumes--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1890.; Railroad...
- 1885
- Graymont, Colo.
- Clear Creek runs between a wooden flume and Colorado and Southern Railway tracks near Graymont (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows wood frame buildings and Grays Peak.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1880-1890.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Graymont (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Grays Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Flumes--Colorado--Graymont--1880-1890.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Graymont--1880-1890.;...
- 1885
- Cañon of the Rio Las Animas
- View of two Denver & Rio Grande Railroad narrow gauge engines as they pull a passenger train on a high, steep rock ledge in the Canyon of the Animas River (La Plata County), Colorado. Passengers lean out windows or stand by the train. Shows steam...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Animas River (Colo. and N.M. )--1880-1890.; La Plata County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--La Plata County--1880-1890.; Cliffs--Colorado--La Plata County--1880-1890.; Narrow gauge...
- 1887
- Canon of the Rio Las Animas
- View of a Denver and Rio Grande Railroad narrow gauge locomotive, caboose and flatbed car on a rock ledge above the Rio Las Animas (the Animas River), in La Plata County, Colorado. Elk antlers are mounted on the engine's cowcatcher. Shows rock...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Animas River (Colo. and N.M. )--1880-1890.; La Plata County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--La Plata County--1880-1890.; Cliffs--Colorado--La Plata County--1880-1890.; Narrow gauge...
- 1887
- Canon of the Rio Las Animas
- A narrow gauge Denver & Rio Grande Railway excursion train stops along the Rio De Las Animas River (Animas River) in Animas Canyon, near Silverton (La Plata County), Colorado. Women passengers sit on rocks as men fish in the river. An...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Animas River (Colo. and N.M. )--1880-1890.; La Plata County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Needle Mountains (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Fishing--Colorado--La Plata County--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--La Plata...
- 1887
- Bridge in Animas Canon
- A man stands in front of a Denver & Rio Grande Railroad narrow gauge railroad engine which sits on a trestle bridge over the Rio De Las Animas River (Animas River), Animas Canyon (La Plata County), Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Animas River (Colo. and N.M. )--1880-1890.; La Plata County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--La Plata County--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--La Plata County--1880-1890.;...
- 1887
- Matteo Teepee or Devil's Tower, Wyo.
- View of the Devils Tower (later Devils Tower National Monument) in Crook County, Wyoming. Shows the basalt volcanic cone of the tower.
- Crook County (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Devils Tower National Monument (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Rock formations--Wyoming--Crook County--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Valley of the Big Goose River
- View of Big Goose Creek as it meanders through the valley near Sheridan (Sheridan County), Wyoming. Shows wood frame residence and outbuildings.
- Big Goose Creek (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Sheridan County (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Streams--Wyoming--Sheridan County--1890-1900.; Valleys--Wyoming--Sheridan County--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Valley of the Big Goose River
- Men sit in a buggy behind a wagon near the Big Goose Creek in Sheridan County, Wyoming. Shows wood frame outbuilding.
- Sheridan County (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Wyoming--Sheridan County--1890-1900.; Valleys--Wyoming--Sheridan County--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Bridge at Beckton's. Fishing
- Thomas Moran and probably W.H. Jackson's photographer's assistant Millet fish from a wooden bridge over the Big Goose Creek near Beckton (Sheridan County), Wyoming.
- Beckton (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Big Goose Creek (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Bridges--Wyoming--Beckton--1890-1900.; Fishing--Wyoming--Beckton--1890-1900.; Streams--Wyoming--Beckton--1890-1900.; Moran, Thomas, 1837-1926.
- 1892
- Big Horn Mts.
- A man adjusts the pack on a horse in a grassy meadow in the Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming.
- Bighorn Mountains (Wyo. and Mont.)--1890-1900.; Horses--Wyoming--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Corbett's on the Stinking Water
- Aerial view of Corbett's Roadhouse at Stinkingwater Crossing on the Shoshone River in Park County, Wyoming. Men sit on horseback and stand in front of log stables and outbuildings. Shows the Stinkingwater Bridge.
- Park County (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Shoshone River (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Outbuildings--Wyoming--Park County--1890-1900.; Rivers--Wyoming--Park County--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Cottonwood Ranch near Corbett's
- Men stand in front of a log structure on Cottonwood Ranch near Corbett's Roadhouse at Stinkingwater Crossing in Park County, Wyoming. Shows a log stable, shed and fence; a wagon sits near the shed.
- Park County (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Log buildings--Wyoming--Park County--1890-1900.; Ranches--Wyoming--Park County--1890-1900.; Stables--Wyoming--Park County--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Bridge at Breckton's [sic]. Fishing
- Thomas Moran fishes near a wooden bridge on Big Goose Creek near Beckton (Sheridan County), Wyoming. A man, probably W.H. Jackson's photographer's assistant Millet, stands on the bridge.
- Beckton (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Big Goose Creek (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Bridges--Wyoming--Beckton--1890-1900.; Fishing--Wyoming--Beckton--1890-1900.; Streams--Wyoming--Beckton--1890-1900.; Moran, Thomas, 1837-1926.
- 1892
- Shoshone Mountains from Indian Hill
- View of packhorses and men on a grassy plateau identified as Indian Hill in probably Park County, Wyoming. Shows the Absaroka Mountains.
- Absaroka Range (Mont. and Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Park County (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Horses--Wyoming--Park County--1890-1900.; Pack animals--Wyoming--Park County--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Sunlight Valley. Foot of Indian Hill
- Men on horseback ride down a hillside into Sunlight Basin in Park County, Wyoming.
- Park County (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Sunlight Basin (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Wyoming--Park County--1890-1900.; Valleys--Wyoming--Park County--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Shoshone Mts. from Sunlight
- Thomas Moran stands next to a saddled horse at a camp in Sunlight Basin, Park County, Wyoming. Unloaded crates stand in the center of the camp; a man loads a pack horse. The Absaroka Mountains are in the distance.
- Park County (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Sunlight Basin (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Horses--Wyoming--Park County--1890-1900.; Valleys--Wyoming--Park County--1890-1900.; Moran, Thomas, 1837-1926.
- 1892
- Camp near Index Peak
- Saddled and pack horses stand near evergreens in a valley in probably Park County, Wyoming. Shows Index Peak.
- Index Peak (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Park County (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Horses--Wyoming--Park County--1890-1900.; Pack animals--Wyoming--Park County--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Index Peak, Wyo.
- View of Index Peak in Park County, Wyoming.
- Index Peak (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Park County (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Mountains--Wyoming--Park County--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Shoshone Mts. from Indian Hill
- Men stand with packhorses on a grassy plateau identified as Indian Hill in probably Park County, Wyoming. Shows Absaroka Mountains.
- Absaroka Range (Mont. and Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Park County (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Horses--Wyoming--Park County--1890-1900.; Pack animals--Wyoming--Park County--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Mt. Moran. Teton Range
- View of Mount Moran from the southern end of Jackson Lake in Teton County, Wyoming.
- Jackson Lake (Teton County, Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Moran, Mount (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Teton County (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Teton Range (Wyo. and Idaho)--1890-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Wyoming--Teton County--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Mt. Moran from Buffalo Park
- View of Mount Moran from Jackson Lake in Teton County, Wyoming. Shows the Snake River.
- Moran, Mount (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Snake River (Wyo.-Wash.)--1890-1900.; Teton County (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Teton Range (Wyo. and Idaho)--1890-1900.; Rivers--Wyoming--Teton County--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Entrance to Hoback Canon
- View of Hoback Canyon in Teton County, Wyoming. Shows the Hoback River.
- Hoback Canyon (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Hoback River (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Teton County (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Wyoming--Teton County--1890-1900.; Rivers--Wyoming--Teton County--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Trail in Hoback Canon
- View of Hoback Canyon in Teton County or Sublette County, Wyoming. Shows the Hoback River.
- Hoback Canyon (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Hoback River (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Wyoming--1890-1900.; Rivers--Wyoming--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Hoback Range
- View of mountains identified as the Hoback Range in Teton County or Sublette County, Wyoming.
- Mountains--Wyoming--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Hoback Range
- A horse stands on a trail in Teton County or Sublette County, Wyoming. Shows mountains identified as the Hoback Range.
- Horses--Wyoming--1890-1900.; Mountains--Wyoming--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Camp in the Hoback Mts.
- Horses stand near smoke that rises from a campfire possibly in Hoback Canyon in Teton County or Sublette County, Wyoming. Shows mountains identified as the Hoback Mountains.
- Camping--Wyoming--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Camp in Wind River Mts.
- Men and horses stand near tents in the Wind River Range in probably Sublette County, Wyoming.
- Sublette County (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Wind River Range (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Camping--Wyoming--Sublette County--1890-1900.; Tents--Wyoming--Sublette County--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Green River near La Barge
- View of the Green River near La Barge (Lincoln County), Wyoming. Shows sandstone bluffs and a sandbar.
- Green River (Wyo-Utah)--1890-1900.; Lincoln County (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Rivers--Wyoming--Lincoln County--1890-1900.; Sandbars--Wyoming--Lincoln County--1890-1900.
- 1892
- The Devil's Gate on the Sweetwater
- Men on horseback watch as a man carries another man piggyback across Sweetwater River in Natrona County, Wyoming. Shows Devil's Gate.
- Devil's Gate (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Natrona County (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Sweetwater River (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Fords (Stream crossings)--Wyoming--Natrona County--1890-1900.; Rivers--Wyoming--Natrona County--1890-1900.; Rock formations--Wyoming--Natrona...
- 1892
- Lower Falls of the Yellowstone
- View of the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
- Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River--1890-1900.; Yellowstone National Park--1890-1900.; Yellowstone River--1890-1900.; Canyons--Yellowstone National Park--1890-1900.; Rivers--Yellowstone National...
- 1892
- Teton Range from Jackson's Lake
- View of the Teton Range from Jackson Lake in what would later become Grand Teton National Park, Teton County, Wyoming. Shows the reservoir, forests, and snow-covered peaks.
- Jackson Lake (Teton County, Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Teton County (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Teton Range (Wyo. and Idaho)--1890-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Wyoming--Teton County--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Trout Lake
- A man wears a suit and fishes from a raft on Trout Lake in the San Juan Mountains in San Miguel County, Colorado. Trees, a cabin, a Rio Grande Southern Railroad grade, and a water tank are beside the lake.
- San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1890-1900.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Trout Lake (San Miguel County, Colo. : Lake)--1890-1900.; Fishing--Colorado--San Miguel County--1890-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--San Miguel...
- 1892
- Mountain of the Holy Cross
- View of Mount of the Holy Cross in the Sawatch Range, Eagle County, Colorado. Shows snow on a mountain peak, rocky ridges and talus.
- Eagle County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Holy Cross, Mount of the (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountains--Colorado--Eagle County--1890-1900.
- 1892?
- "The Old Roadmaster", Clear Creek
- View of Clear Creek, a rock formation identified as "The Old Roadmaster," and Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway tracks in Clear Creek Canyon (Clear Creek County or Jefferson County), Colorado.
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1890-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--1890-1900.; Streams--Colorado--1890-1900.; Union Pacific,...
- 1894
- Pulpit Terraces from above, Yellowstone National Park
- View of Pulpit Terraces probably at Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming; shows thermal pools and terraces.
- Mammoth Hot Springs (Wyo.)--1900-1910.; Yellowstone National Park--1890-1900.; Springs--Yellowstone National Park--1900-1910.
- 1894
- Seven Falls, Cheyenne Canon
- View of Seven Falls, a waterfall on South Cheyenne Creek in South Cheyenne Canyon (El Paso County), Colorado. A wooden staircase with observations platforms is beside the waterfall and steep canyon walls. A man is on the staircase.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Seven Falls (Colo.)--1890-1900.; South Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1900.; South Cheyenne Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Stairways--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Waterfalls--Colorado--El Paso...
- 1896
- Pillars Hercules
- View of South Cheyenne Canyon in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows South Cheyenne Creek beside a dirt road and trees in the canyon. Pillars identified as "Pillars of Hercules" are on steep granite canyon walls.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; South Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1900.; South Cheyenne Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Roads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--El Paso...
- 1896
- Cripple Creek, Col.
- View of the mining town of Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Shows hewn log cabins with chinking, framed windows, doors, and chimneys; one and two-story wood frame residences; and multi-story masonry commercial buildings. Mines and mining...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1897
- The horse whim
- Well-dressed men stand near rail tracks and push ore crucibles on carts from a hewn log shafthouse in Colorado. A horse attached to a whim is behind the building, a smelter is in the distance. Shows frame mining structures, railroad tracks, a...
- Hoisting machinery--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1900.; Smelters--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Assaying
- View of a laboratory in an assay office, probably in Colorado. One man sits at a counter to measure ore samples, another man with a pipette and beaker stands near a wood stove. Shows various ore measuring equipment, including a button-balance...
- Assayers--Colorado--1890-1900.; Assaying--Colorado--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Crystal Lake near Dewitt
- An engineer stands on the locomotive platform of a train on tracks between two lakes (Crystal Lake) near De Witt (Clinton County), Iowa.
- Clinton County (Iowa)--1890-1900.; Crystal Lake (Clinton County, Iowa)--1890-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Iowa--Clinton County--1890-1900.; Railroad locomotives--Iowa--Clinton County--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Iowa--Clinton County--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Cattle ranch near Cimarron, round-up (around the circle)
- Cowboys are on horseback by a corral on a ranch near the Cimarron River in probably Montrose County, Colorado. Cattle, wood frame buildings and horse-drawn wagons are nearby.
- Cimarron River (Montrose County and Gunnison County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cattle herding--Montrose County--Colorado--1890-1900.; Corrals--Colorado--Montrose County--1890-1900.; Cowboys--Colorado--Montrose...
- 1898
- Omaha, Grand Court (Night)
- Nighttime view of the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition in Omaha, (Douglas County) Nebraska. Shows the Grand Court and exhibit buildings lit by electric lights. Lights are reflected in the Grand Canal. People sit on park benches, and a...
- Omaha (Neb.)--1890-1900.; Canals--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Exhibition buildings--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Exhibitions--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Reflections--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition...
- 1898
- Palisades on Cedar River, bluff on west shore
- Men in a rowboat wear suits and caps; one man wears a straw hat and holds oars, on the Cedar River at Palisades-Kepler State Park (Linn County), Iowa. A rowboat with oars is on the shore. Trees and rock bluffs are across the Cedar River.
- Cedar River (Minn. and Iowa)--1890-1900.; Linn County (Iowa)--1890-1900.; Palisades-Kepler State Park (Iowa)--1890-1900.; Cliffs--Iowa--Linn County--1890-1900.; Rivers--Iowa--Linn County--1890-1900.; Rowboats--Iowa--Linn County--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Palisades of Cedar River, Ia
- A man wears a derby hat and holds oars in a rowboat on the Cedar River at Palisades-Kepler State Park (Linn County), Iowa. Steep rock bluffs are at the edge of the river. Trees are on top of bluffs and in the distance.
- Cedar River (Minn. and Iowa)--1890-1900.; Linn County (Iowa)--1890-1900.; Palisades-Kepler State Park (Iowa)--1890-1900.; Cliffs--Iowa--Linn County--1890-1900.; Rivers--Iowa--Linn County--1890-1900.; Rowboats--Iowa--Linn County--1890-1900.
- 1898