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"Press representatives accompanying excursion party to a point on 100th meridian--275 miles west of Omaha, Nebraska [Terr.]." By John Crbutt for the Union Pacific Railroad, October 24, 1866. [216kb Image from US National Archives]
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Staff of the Daily Reporter in front of their office. Corinne, Boxelder Co., Utah Terr. By William H. Jackson, 1869. [187kb Image from US National Archives]
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"McKay, the San Francisco Bulletin correspondent taking notes on the battlefield near Gen. Gillem's camp. At the left are two Warm Springs scouts, on the lookout for Modocs." Modoc Indian War, in California and Oregon lava beds, 1872--73. [256kb Image from US National Archives]
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John K. Hillers at work with his negatives. In camp, Aquarius Plateau, Utah Terr. Hillers was a photographer with the John Wesley Powell Geological Survey. By Hillers, ca. 1872. [283kb Image from US National Archives]
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"Distant view of Ancient Ruins in lower part of Canon de Chelle [Ariz. Terr.] ... Showing their position in the walls and elevation above bed of canon." A member of the Wheeler Expedition is sketching the ruins from the foreground of the photograph. By O'Sullivan, 1873. [281kb Image from US National Archives]
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Timothy O'Sullivan's ambulance wagon and portable darkroom used during the King Survey rolls across the sand dunes of Carson Desert, Nev. By O'Sullivan, 1867. [130kb Image from US National Archives]
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A noon meal in Ferdinand V. Hayden's camp of the U. & Geological Survey. Red Buttes, Wyo. Terr., August 24, 1870. Hayden sits at far end of table in dark jacket; W. H. Jackson stands at far right. By Jackson. [263kb Image from US National Archives]
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Directors of the Union Pacific Railroad on the 100th meridian approximately 250 miles west of Omaha, Nebr. Terr. The train in background awaits the party of Eastern capitalists, newspapermen, and other prominent figures invited by the railroad executives. By John Carbutt, October 1866. [254kb Image from US National Archives]
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Joining the tracks for the first transcontinental railroad, Promontory, Utah, Terr., 1869. [230kb Image from US National Archives]
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Climbing Pike's Peak, Colorado, in winter, rounding Windy Point, ca. 1890. [139kb Image from US National Archives]
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Noon camp of a surveying outfit, southwest part of Jornada Range Reserve, New Mexico, October 17, 1912. [166kb Image from US National Archives]
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Members of the Denver Motor Club and Chamber of Commerce test--driving the Denver to Salt Lake Exposition route near De Beque, Colo. By A. L. Westgard, October 1912. [207kb Image from US National Archives]
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An afternoon of croquet. Ladies, gentlemen, and children on the lawn at Fort Bridger, Wyo. Terr., ca. 1873. Officers' quarters at left, hospital and men's barracks to the right in background. [235kb Image from US National Archives]
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"Skating party, Ft. Keogh, Mont., about 1890." [136kb Image from US National Archives]
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"Our First Grizzly, killed by Gen. Custer and Col. Ludlow." By lllingworth, 1874, during Black Hills expedition. [215kb Image from US National Archives]
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"Brig. Gen. Frank Wheaton, U.S. Army [standing center with white plume in hat], with officers and members of their families, Fort Walla Walla, Wash. Terr., 1874." [221kb Image from US National Archives]
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Hunting and camping party of Custer (standing in center) and invited guests. Fort A. Lincoln on the Little Heart River, Dak. Terr., 1875. [248kb Image from US National Archives]
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Valentine T. McGillycuddy, surgeon and topographer on hunger march with General Crook's expedition to the Black Hills, Dak. Terr., 1876. [308kb Image from US National Archives]
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"Gen. Crook's headquarters in the field at Whitewood [Dak. Terr.]. On starvation march 1876." Closeup of a camp scene shows tents improvised from wagon frames during the Black Hills expedition. [295kb Image from US National Archives]
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Officers in tent by fire during the Pine Ridge campaign, 1890--91. [163kb Image from US National Archives]
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"German Singing Society, 22nd Infantry, Ft. Keogh, May 13, 1894." [185kb Image from US National Archives]
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"Blacksmithing at the Indian training school, Forest Grove, Ore., 1882." [196kb Image from US National Archives]
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"Indian Day parade, Omaha, Neb., Aug. 4, 1898." [359kb Image from US National Archives]
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The William B. Douglas party, including Navaho and Paiute Indians, celebrate their discovery of Rainbow Bridge, Utah, as they eat watermelon in Paiute Canyon, 1909. By Judd [263kb Image from US National Archives]
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"Interior of Sawtell's Ranch." Men gathered around fireplace, Henry's Lake, Fremont County, Idaho Terr., 1872. By Jackson. [301kb Image from US National Archives]
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"Hovey's Dance Hall at Clifton, Arizona. Taken 1884. Anton Muzzonvich next to tree." [276kb Image from US National Archives]
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"Officers and guests lunch under giant cactus near Fort Thomas, Arizona." February 18, 1886. [309kb Image from US National Archives]
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"An Arizona Poker Party, at John Doyle's ranch; Doyle, Judge Brown, and the Prof. [Burrison] at play." By E A. Ames, ca. 1887-89. [446kb Image from US National Archives]
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"Target shooting, in Arizona." John Doyle's ranch, ca. 1887-89. By Ames. [449kb Image from US National Archives]
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"First water works of Perry [OkIa. Terr.]. Martin Bro's. Prop., Oct. 10th, 93." [224kb Image from US National Archives]
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Gathered around the kegs at Kelley's saloon "The Bijou." Round Pond, OkIa. Terr. By Kennett, January 1894. [230kb Image from US National Archives]
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Teacher and children in front of sod schoolhouse. Woods Co., Okla. Terr., ca. 1895. [315kb Image from US National Archives]
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"Territorial University at Norman." Oklahoma Terr., ca. 1897-98. [228kb Image from US National Archives]
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"A Mesa Creek Valley rancher's daughter en route to school." The little girl on her burro takes leave of her mother for the day. Battlement Mesa Reserve, Colo. By George B. Sudworth, ca. 1898. [233kb Image from US National Archives]
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"Sunday school, Indians and white[s]." Indian Territory [Oklahoma], ca. 1900. [269kb Image from US National Archives]
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"Orient Saloon at Bisbee, Arizona... Faro game in full blast. Recognized: Left to right-Tony Downs (standing with derby) part owner; Doyle, a concert hall singer at corner of table, sitting, with derby; back of him standing is Dutch Kid; Sleepy Dick, the porter, to right with light felt; Charlie Bassett, with soft felt hat in rear next to wall; dealer is Johnny Murphy, and Smiley Lewis in silk hat." By C. 5. Fly, ca. 1900. [226kb Image from US National Archives]
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"Cliff House and Seal Rocks." An outing at the beach in San Francisco. By Peabody, 1902. [223kb Image from US National Archives]
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"Saloons and disreputable places of Hazen [Nev.] June 24, 1905." By Lubkin. [218kb Image from US National Archives]
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Children in their Sunday clothes pose in front of adobe church, Alamo National Forest, N. Mex. Terr. [now Lincoln National Forest]. By A. M. Neal, May 13, 1908. [192kb Image from US National Archives]
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Townspeople of Ehrenburg, Ariz. Terr., greet a stranger in an automobile on his pioneer cross country tour. Saloon in background. By A. L. Westgard, ca. 1911. [212kb Image from US National Archives]
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Civil War Veterans, Fourth of July or Decoration Day, Ortonville, Minnesota. On review in center of town, ca. 1880. [309kb Image from US National Archives]
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"Hot Springs Hotel, S. D." American flags flap in the breeze as holiday passengers arrive. The stage coaches are met by other vacationers on the hotel veranda. By F. Jay Haynes, ca. 1899. [269kb Image from US National Archives]
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