Jackson snapped them on a late 19th-century expedition through the Yellowstone Basin that was conducted by the head of the U. S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, Ferdinand V. Hayden.

杰克逊在 19 世纪晚期的黄石盆地探险中拍摄了这些照片，这次探险是由美国地质和地理调查局的领地负责人费迪南德·海登进行的。