William Henry Jackson
(WH Jackson)
in Estes Park
1843 - 1942
W. H. Jackson was a Union soldier during the civil war, and went west in 1866 after a failed love affair. He was asked by Ferdinand Hayden to accompany him on his famous geologic survey where he was the first photographer to capture Yellowstone.
Jackson first came to Estes Park in the early 1870’s, and opened his studio in Denver in 1879. Jackson took dozens of photos of Estes Park, some of which are noted here.
Potrait of WH Jackson by FP Clatworthy, another important photographer of OldEstes.
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 Longs Peak from near what is now the entrance to the Big Thompson Canyon |
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 Estes Park from Park Hill |
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 Longs Peak OldEstes Collection |
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 Mt. Ypsilon OldEstes Collection Photochromolithograph by the Detroit Publishing Company (Jackson's publishing company) |
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 A Bit of Estes from the Stage Window OldEstes Collection |
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 Ferguson's Ranch Just below Mary's Lake toward Beaver Point |
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 Estes Park School & Post Office ca 1885 |
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 Long's Peak from Denver |
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 First View of Estes Park cabinet card 1879 OldEstes Collection |
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| Links:
National Park Service WH Jackson Page
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