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Dakota (?) sandstone and open oil well in Oil Canyon Powder River Oil field 18 miles west Salt Creek, iron pipe on left leads from the well. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1909. Plate 8-B in U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 452. 1911.
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Massive sandstone at base of Parkman sandstone member of Pierre formation, sec. 4, T. 38 N., R. 78 W. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1909. Plate 9-A in U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 452. 1911.
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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: 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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Formations from Deadwood to top of Casper formation in Casper Mountain near old asbestos mill. Central Wyoming. June 1922.
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Frost wedge and congeliturbate on west end of Arvada Bridge, Powder River, Wyoming, at road cut. Sheridan County, Wyoming. July 1950.
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Album caption and index card: Badlands near Casper Mountain. There is here a considerable area covered with light gray sandstones, which have weathered into most unique forms. They resemble the ruins of some old village, with portions of the stone walls and the chimneys remaining. 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 13, No. 74 caption, Bad Lands, near Caspar Mountain. There is here a considerable area covered with light gray sandstones, which have weathered into most unique forms. They resemble the ruins of some old village, with portions of the...
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Devils Gate, a gorge cut through a granite ridge by Sweetwater River above Pathfinder Reservoir. T. 29 n., R. 87 W. Natrona County, Wyoming. July 16, 1925.
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Gorge of Smith Creek, at east end of Casper Range, cut in Trias and Carboniferous sandstone. Top of Casper Mountain in background. T. 32 N., R. 78 W. Natrona County, Wyoming. June 17, 1925.
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Muddy Creek gorge. Top of Casper Mountain in background. T. 32 N., R. 78 W. Natrona County, Wyoming. June 17, 1925.
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Limestone near the base of the "Red Beds" overlying red shale at the west end of Casper Mountain: fossils of Permian age were found here. These beds have been provisionally correlated with the Forelle limestone and Satanka shale. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1922. Plate16-A in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 149. 1927.
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North face of Goose Egg Mountain, near Casper; showing the light colored rocks in the lower part of the "Red Beds" the Embar of the oil men; evenly bedded overlying the red bed of the Chugwater formation in the steep slope; the ledge of Alcova limestone, which contains fossil invertebrates of probable Triassic age; and the younger formations up to early Cretaceous, which forms the crest. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1922. Plate 19-B, with graphics, in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 149. 1927.
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Pathfinder Dam and gorge of North Platte River Cut 218+ feet in granite. Looking west. Dike at left. T. 29 N., R. 84 W. Natrona County, Wyoming. June 20, 1925.
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Unconformity between bouldery gravel capping high terrace (No. 1) and tilted Cretaceous shale. Five miles north of Alcova. T. 31 N., R. 83 W. Natrona County, Wyoming. June 19, 1925.
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Album caption and index card: Independence Rock on the Sweetwater. T. 29 N., R. 85 W. 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, Nos. 304,306 caption, Independence Rock, on the Sweetwater. Personal email communication from Alan Terrell on February 12, 2021, "Jackson made it to Independence Rock on the Sweetwater on th elate afternoon of the 26th, after he and the party killed 3 buffalo on the way. On the 27th there was a layover. Her is the very short entry from Jackson's diary, '(22 1/2m) More views of Rock and view from same.'...
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Panorama of Teapot Dome from point on Parkman Rim on south end of dome. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1927. Plate 1-A, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 163. 1931.
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White river beds in Shirley Basin, Wyoming. (Snowdrifts at rim of cliffs) Wyoming. June 1922.
map background search result map search result map Badlands near Casper Mountain. 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. Independence Rock on the Sweetwater. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1870. East from Independence Rock. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1870. Devils Gate, Sweetwater River. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1870. Limestone near the base of the "Red Beds" overlying red shale at the west end of Casper Mountain: fossils of Permian age were found here. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1922. North face of Goose Egg Mountain, near Casper. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1922. Panorama of Teapot Dome. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1927. Independence Rock on the Sweetwater. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1870. East from Independence Rock. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1870. Devils Gate, Sweetwater River. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1870. Limestone near the base of the "Red Beds" overlying red shale at the west end of Casper Mountain: fossils of Permian age were found here. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1922. North face of Goose Egg Mountain, near Casper. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1922. Panorama of Teapot Dome. Natrona County, Wyoming. 1927. Badlands near Casper Mountain. 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.