Measuring America: How the United States was Greatest Land Sale in History
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Two members (William Henry Holmes, George B. Chittenden) of the 1874 geological and geographical survey led by Ferdinand V. Hayden conduct topographical survey work at the edge of a canyon in Colorado, 1874 (detail)
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This cover photo is a colorized detail from an original black & white stereograph, made by William Henry Jackson while he was photographing in the western territories for the newly formed United States Geological Survey.
To view the original stereograph from the USGS, click here.
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