William Henry Holmes View in the Elk Mountains. Sheet number 54/37 Inverted beds. Labeled features include: a – Gothic Mountain, and b – East River. Sheet number 55. EXPLORATION: U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (Hayden Survey). Colorado, Read More

William Henry Holmes East River in center, with Crested Butte in middle ground. Sheet number 65/61. View to the right of East River and Crested Butte. Sheet 65A EXPLORATION: U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (Hayden Survey). Colorado, Read More

William Henry Holmes Showing intruded, eruptive granite on Italian Mountain. Includes members of the party at work on sides and top of the mountain. Sheet number 47. EXPLORATION: U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (Hayden Survey) Colorado, 1873. Read More

William Henry Jackson View down East River, from the pass, showing Gothic Mountain and Crested Butte in the distance. Gunnison County, Colorado. U.S Geological Survey. Photographic reproduction of original wet collodian process photograph. Courtesy of USGS Library. This image was Read More

William Henry Jackson Gothic Mountain, East River, Gunnison County, Colorado. U.S Geological Survey. Photographic reproduction of original wet collodian process photograph. Courtesy of USGS Library. This image was taken as the expedition headed north, up Gothic valley. It was the Read More

William Henry Jackson Teocalli Peak. Panoramic view from near White Rock Mountain, National Range. White Rock Mountain in the Elk Mountains, Gunnison County, Colorado. U.S Geological Survey. Photographic reproduction of original wet collodian process photograph. Courtesy of USGS Library.   Read More

William Henry Jackson Teocalli Peak, from the Aztec teocalli, or sacrificial mound, that were always built in a pyramidal form, and which this mountain closely resembles. Gunnison County, Colorado. U.S Geological Survey. Photographic reproduction of original wet collodian process photograph. Read More

Stereoview photography was popular between 1860 and 1920. Stereoviews are commonly referred to as 3-D photos. The illusion of depth was created by a camera utilizing two lenses four and a half inches apart, mimicking the distance between human eyes. Read More