Title:
Between Torrington and Van Tassel. Eastern edge of Wyoming north of Cheyenne. Fossil fearing buttes - high plains of E. Wyoming
Plains 4 to 5 thousand ft. elevation. In this butte strata of hard and of chalky limestone which bear the fossils found camel
bones here. Toward the top a strata of volcanic ash, water deposited, several ft. in thickness. Deposits of (?) locally. No
trees in these plains except by streams where cottonwoods grow.
Creator:
Unknown Eldridge
Subject:
Facilities
Parks
National parks and reserves
Land
Mountains
Rock formations
Description:
Between Torrington and Van Tassel. Eastern edge of Wyoming north of Cheyenne. Fossil fearing buttes - high plains of E. Wyoming
Plains 4 to 5 thousand ft. elevation. In this butte strata of hard and of chalky limestone which bear the fossils found camel
bones here. Toward the top a strata of volcanic ash, water deposited, several ft. in thickness. Deposits of (?) locally. No
trees in these plains except by streams where cottonwoods grow.
Publisher:
Keystone View Company
Contributor:
Gifford M. Mast
Date:
1929
Type:
Photography
Format:
Keystone photo print 7.18 in. x 4.18 in.
Identifier:
1996.0009.KU90214
Language:
eng
Coverage:
North and Central America
United States
Wyoming
Yellowstone National Park
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Between Torrington and Van Tassel. Eastern edge of Wyoming north of Cheyenne. Fossil fearing buttes - high plains of E. Wyoming
Plains 4 to 5 thousand ft. elevation. In this butte strata of hard and of chalky limestone which bear the fossils found camel
bones here. Toward the top a strata of volcanic ash, water deposited, several ft. in thickness. Deposits of (?) locally. No
trees in these plains except by streams where cottonwoods grow.