At Play in the Fields of the Crow

An absolutely haunting collection of photographs that document America's push westward. The one above is by no means the most dramatic, but something about the facial expressions stuck with us. The caption simply reads:

A noon meal in Ferdinand V. Hayden's camp of the U.S. Geological Survey. Red Buttes, Wyo. Terr., August 24, 1870. Hayden sits at far end of table in dark jacket; W. H. Jackson stands at far right. By Jackson. 57-HS-282.

Hayden, it turns out, has his share of avid fans.