REMEMBERING NON-REVISED HISTORY: AUGUST 24, 2013

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Thomas Sowell is an American economist, social theorist, political philosopher, and author. He is currently the Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. According to Larry D. Nachman in Commentary magazine, he is considered a leading representative of the Chicago School of Economics. » Full Bio

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This Day In History 140 Years Ago
American Old West - August 24, 1873

Elusive Mount Of The Holy Cross Photographed

William Henry Jackson becomes the first person to photograph Colorado's elusive Mount of the Holy Cross, providing reliable proof of its existence.

Rumors had abounded for years that a natural cross of snow lay hidden high in the rugged mountains of Colorado. Many claimed to have seen the cross, but others were unable to find it. In August 1873, the photographer William Henry Jackson set out to prove its existence by taking a picture of it. Jackson was an experienced wilderness photographer who had accompanied wagon trains to California in 1866 and was employed as expedition photographer on Ferdinand Hayden's survey of the Yellowstone region in 1871. Published in popular mass-circulation magazines like Harper's Weekly, his images became immensely popular and showed Americans a rugged western wilderness that most would never see firsthand.

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In the pre-dawn hours of this day in 1873, Jackson prepared the heavy camera equipment he had carried up the mountain opposite the cross. He took his photos of the cross just as the first rays of the sun angled low across the crevassed face, emphasizing the lines of the cross. The best of the resulting photos became one of Jackson's most popular and famous images, and it ended any further doubts about the existence of the Mount of the Holy Cross. » Full Article

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