This is an historical photo of unidentified subjects photographed by William Henry Jackson (1843-1942). The date taken is unknown. William Henry Jackson (1843-1942) was an American painter photographer and explorer famous for his images of the American West. Born in New York he served in the American Civil War and fought at the battle of Gettysburg. After the war he broke his engagement to Miss Carolina Eastman and headed for the American West. William Henry Jackson eventually settled in Omaha NE where he opened a photography shop with his brother. Going off for three or four days as “missionary to the Indians” around Omaha Jackson made his famous photographs of the Osages Otoes Pawnees Winnebagoes and Omahas. He joined the 1871 U.S. government survey (predecessor of USGS) of the Yellowstone River and Rocky Mountains led by Ferdinand Hayden. Jackson came back with photographic evidence of western landmarks that had previously seemed fantastic rumor: the Grand Tetons Old Faithful and the rest of Yellowstone Colorado’s Rockies and the Mount of the Holy Cross and the uncooperative Ute Indians. Jackson’s photographs of Yellowstone helped convince the U.S. Congress to make it the first National Park in March 1872.
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