Scope and Contents An 1886 albumen photograph of the Arkansas River at the Royal Gorge in Colorado. The photograph was taken by William Henry Jackson (1843-1942), American photographer, Civil War veteran, painter, and an explorer famous for his images of the American West. The sepia-toned photograph shows railroad tacks running along the riverbank, high rock walls on either side with steel beams between them in the distance. The landscape appears treacherous and the appearance of the railway, the human labor...