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William Henry Jackson, 1872. Jackson, William Henry: Yellowstone Canyon The 1871 Hayden expedition on the shore of Yellowstone Lake, oil painting by William Henry Jackson. View in Yellowstone National Park by W. H. Jackson, 1871, with the Hayden Survey.Until the end of the nineteenth century, the West was largely unknown. Ferdinand Hayden was one of the pioneer investigators, exploring the Great Plains and the Rockies for thirty years. He was also largely responsible for the creation of Yellowstone National Park. Hayden survey expedition Hayden survey expedition: horse drawn odometer Old Faithful Bannock

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Clarence S. Jackson, Picture Maker of the Old West: William H. Jackson (1947, reprinted 1971); Beaumont Newhall and Diana E. Edkins, William H. Jackson (1974); Peter B. Hales, William Henry Jackson and the Transformation of the American Landscape (1988).

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Anniversary information added. Mar 31, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jun 26, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Mar 15, 2024
Add new Web site: National Park Service - William Henry Jackson. May 31, 2022
Add new Web site: Linda Hall Library - William Henry Jackson. Jan 09, 2020
Add new Web site: Colorado Encyclopedia - Biography of William Henry Jackson. Jan 09, 2020
Add new Web site: International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum - Biography of William Henry Jackson. Mar 12, 2014
Add new Web site: The Getty - Biography of William Henry Jackson. May 22, 2013
Add new Web site: National Park Service - Biography of William Henry Jackson. May 22, 2013
Media added. May 22, 2012
Article thoroughly revised. May 22, 2012
Added photograph of Yellowstone Canyon taken by William Henry Jackson. Aug 19, 2010
Added new Web site: Library of Congress - Around the World in the 1890s - Photographs from the World's Transportation Commission, 1894-1896. Nov 03, 2006
Article revised. May 25, 2001
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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