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Berthoud Pass, Colorado

After passing through Middle Park (see my earlier posts with the California Zephyr here and here), I had to cross the Great Divide one final time on my shooting trip, this time at Berthoud's 11,307 feet. US Highway 40 takes one over this spot.

The pass was discovered (I can't imagine that the Arapaho hadn't been here prior to this) by Edward Berthoud who was traveling with the ubiquitous Jim Bridger. Berthoud was looking for a pass suitable for a railroad, but it would not be this one given its rugged nature.

I've always loved this image of mountain man Harry Yount on the pass, taken by the great William Henry Jackson...

William Henry Jackson[1], Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Chief James Garfield Velarde, William Henry Jackson, 1899, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Photography

Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005 Size: In mat: 12 x 9 13/16 Medium: Photochrom

Marshall Pass, Mt. Ouray, William Henry Jackson, 1870s, Harvard Art Museums: Photographs

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts Size: image: 10.5 x 16.6 cm (4 1/8 x 6 9/16 in.) mount: 28 x 35.5 cm (11 x 14 in.)

William Henry Jackson, William Henry Jackson, c. 1885, Smithsonian: National Portrait Gallery

Size: Image/Sheet: 14.8 x 10.1 cm (5 13/16 x 4") Medium: (Collodian or gelatin) printing-out print

Hanging Rock, Clear Creek Canyon by William Henry Jackson, The Met's Photography Department

Medium: Albumen silver print

Gift of Joyce F. Menschel, 2013 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Statue of Liberty, World's Columbian Exposition, William Henry Jackson, 1894, Harvard Art Museums: Photographs

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of James and Emily Carr Moore Size: image: 25 x 35.6 cm (9 13/16 x 14 in.) sheet: 35.6 x 44.6 cm (14 x 17 9/16 in.)

Pike's Peak from Briarhurst, Manitou, William Henry Jackson, 1870s, Harvard Art Museums: Photographs

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Transferred from the Geology Department Library Size: image: 25.4 x 15.3 cm (10 x 6 in.) mount: 35.5 x 27.9 cm (14 x 11 in.)

Cañon of Grand River, Utah, William Henry Jackson, c. 1890, Harvard Art Museums: Photographs

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Transferred from the Geology Department Library Size: image: 42.2 x 53.9 cm (16 5/8 x 21 1/4 in.) mount: 52.3 x 63.3 cm (20 9/16 x 24 15/16 in.)