Using Maps
Imagine traveling in the mountains of Colorado without a map! The Hayden Survey of the 1870s, for which William Henry Jackson was the photographer, was charged with the task of making maps as well as recording wildlife, geological formations and other important features of the land.

Directions: Explore Colorado geography using the photos below:
• Pikes Peak: located in El Paso County, 15 miles west of Colorado Springs
• Cliff Palace/Mesa Verde located in Cortez County, 15 miles south southeast of Cortez
• Black Canyon of the Gunnison: located in Gunnison County, 65 miles east of Montrose
• Walls of the Canyon of Grand River: located in Garfield County, just east of Glenwood Springs (The Grand River is now called the Colorado River)
• Brown Palace Hotel: located in Denver
• Berthoud Pass: looking north, located in Summit County, 55 miles west of Denver, just off I-70 on US 6
• Creede: located in Mineral County, 50 miles south of Gunnison on the Rio Grande
Activities
Map #1
Find out the names of the modern counties in Colorado that have the sites where Jackson took his photographs. Locate each photograph on the map and color in the county boundaries.

Map #2
How close was William Henry Jackson to what are some of Colorado's major cities? Using the directions next to each photo above, find the location of the photo and note which city it is near.

Map #3
This map is marked in the same way as a State Highway map. Pretend you are driving around Colorado and want to visit the site of each of the photos. Mark their locations on the map. With a colored marker, show the route you would take to see them all. (Highway maps can be obtained from the State Highway Department. You might substitute an official highway map for the one here.)

Pikes Peak K-16
Cliff Palace | Mesa Verde: S-2
Black Canyon of the Gunnison: L-5
The Walls of the Canon of the Grand River: H-8
Brown Palace Hotel: G-17
Berthoud Pass: H-13
Creede: P-9

Map #4
If there were no cities, counties or natural landmarks on a map you could still mark locations using the international latitude and longitude information below. Latitude is given first, followed by longitude. Use these coordinates to mark each location.

Pikes Peak: 38° 8'N — 104° 8'W
Cliff Palace | Mesa Verde: 37° 2'N — 108° 7'W
Black Canyon of the Gunnison: 38°30N — 107°45'W
The Walls of the Canon of the Grand River: 39°40'N — 107° 10'W
Brown Palace Hotel: 39° 44N — 104° 59'W
Berthoud Pass: 39° 40N — 105° 55'W
Creede: 37° 66'N — 106° 92'W