William Henry Jackson was born in New York in 1843, he was a self-taught artist who at the age of 15, was working as retouched in photographer’s studio. Jackson’s collection of images is incredibly varied and rich in it’s documentation of other times and places. He was America’s foremost photographers of the early west, and his images helped shape our views of the American west and it’s many possibilities. Jackson’s 80 year career in photography, sketching and painting, was intertwined with a large number of important events and institutions in American history, including the U.S Geological Surveys, Mesa Verde National Parks, the Western railroad industry, the Colorado mining industry and Yellowstone; Jackson’s photographs were an important factor in convincing Congress to establish Yellowstone as our first national park in 1872. The Mount of the Holy Cross image is an example of a well known Jackson view. Art Source International is pleased to offer images from Jackson’s work for he depicts the Colorado landscape both its pristine condition and its condition at the early onslaught of early western American civilization expansion.