'At the Greatest Personal Peril to the Photographer': The Schwatka-Haynes Winter Expedition in Yellowstone, 1887

Authors

William L. Lang, Portland State UniversityFollow

Published In

Montana The Magazine of Western History

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Winter 1983

Subjects

Yellowstone National Park Region -- Discovery and exploration, Yellowstone National Park Region -- History, Frederick Schwatka (1849-1892) -- Expeditions

Abstract

Explorer Frederick Schwatka and photographer F. Jay Haynes led an expedition into Yellowstone National Park during January 1887, amid one of the worst winters in the northern Rocky Mountains. The party traveled by ski and snowshoe, but Schwatka suffered physical collapse and dropped out. Haynes and others continued through brutal weather at great personal peril and photographed the major geysers and scenic attractions. Includes biographical information on Schwatka and Haynes and photographs from the expedition.

Rights

Montana The Magazine of Western History © 1983 Montana Historical Society

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This is the publisher's final PDF. Article appears in Montana: The Magazine of Western History, copyright 1983 Montana Historical Society

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https://www.jstor.org/stable/4518713

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/11124

Citation Details

Lang, W. L. (1983). "At the Greatest Personal Peril to the Photographer": The Schwatka-Haynes Winter Expedition in Yellowstone, 1887. Vol. 33, No. 1 (Winter, 1983), pp. 14-29.