Jackson, William Henry

1843 - 1942

Park County

Biographical and Professional Information

William Henry Jackson came to the Yellowstone National Park area in the 1870s as a photographer with the Hayden Expedition. His photographs helped convince Congress to establish Yellowstone as America's first national park.

Genres

Autobiography or Biography

History

Nonfiction

Travel

Wyoming Subjects

Titles

• Diaries of William Henry Jackson (1959). Glendale, CA: Arthur Clark Co. ISBN: (?).

• Time Exposure: The autobiography of William Henry Jackson (1940). New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. ISBN: (?).

• William Henry Jackson and the Hayden Yellowstone Expedition (1930). Washington, D.C.: National Park Service. ISBN: (?).

• The Pioneer Photographer: Rocky Mountain adventures with a camera (1929). Yonkers-on-Hudson, NY: World Book Co. ISBN: (?). Co-author Howard Driggs.

Links

www.nps.gov/scbl/whj.htm