Friday, August 19, 2011

Timothy H. O'Sullivan: Conquest (Wheeler Survey of the One Hundredth Meridian, Arizona/New Mexico, 1873)



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Life among the Navajo Indians near old Fort Defiance, New Mexico. Photo by T.H. O'Sullivan. U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian (Wheeler Survey, 1873 Expedition).

Life among the Navajo Indians near old Fort Defiance, New Mexico

Apache Lake in the Sierra Blanca Range in Arizona. Two Apache scouts in the foreground. Photo by T.H. O'Sullivan.U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian (Wheeler Survey, 1873 Expedition).

Apache Lake in the Sierra Blanca Range in Arizona. Two Apache scouts in the foreground

Apache Lake in the Sierra Blanca Range in Arizona. Photo by T.H. O'Sullivan. U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian (Wheeler Survey, 1873 Expedition).

Apache Lake in the Sierra Blanca Range in Arizona

Canyon of the Colorado River near the mouth of the San Juan River in Arizona. Photo by T.H. O'Sullivan.U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian (Wheeler Survey, 1873 Expedition).

Canyon of the Colorado River near the mouth of the San Juan River in Arizona

Canyon De Chelly in Arizona. Walls of the Grand Canyon are about 1200 feet high. Photo by T.H. O'Sullivan.U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian (Wheeler Survey, 1873 Expedition).

Canyon De Chelly in Arizona. Walls of the Grand Canyon are about 1200 feet high

Head of Canyon De Chelly in Arizona. The walls are about 1200 feet high. Photo by T.H. O'Sullivan.U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian (Wheeler Survey, 1873 Expedition).

Canyon De Chelly in Arizona. Walls of the Grand Canyon are about 1200 feet high

Old Mission Church in the Zuni Indian Pueblo in New Mexico, viewed from the plaza. Photo by T.H. O'Sullivan.U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian (Wheeler Survey, 1873 Expedition).

Old Mission Church in the Zuni Indian Pueblo in New Mexico, viewed from the plaza

Section of the south side of the Zuni Indian Pueblo in New Mexico. Photo by T.H. O'Sullivan.U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian (Wheeler Survey, 1873 Expedition).

Section of the south side of the Zuni Indian Pueblo in New Mexico

South side of Inscription Rock at El Morro National Monument, New Mexico. Photo by T.H. O'Sullivan.U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian (Wheeler Survey, 1873 Expedition).

South side of Inscription Rock at El Morro National Monument, New Mexico

Historic Spanish record of the Conquest on the south side of Inscription Rock at El Morro National Monument in New Mexico. Photo by T.H. O'Sullivan.U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian (Wheeler Survey, 1873 Expedition).

Historic Spanish record of the Conquest on the south side of Inscription Rock at El Morro National Monument in New Mexico

Photos by Timothy H. O'Sullivan (1840-1882), from U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian under Lieutenant George M. Wheeler, 1873 Expedition (U. S. Geological Survey Photographic Library)