SURVEY PIONEERS 
Pioneers of the United States Geolog¬ 
ical Survey, under leadership of the late 
Ferdinand V. Hayden, .were honored by 
the unveiling of a bronze plaque yes¬ 
terday afternoon in The Star Building. 
These photographs are of three of the 
survivors of the original party. Upper 
left is Dr. William H. Holmes, director 
of the National Gallery of Art; upper 
right, Frederick D. Owen, who unveiled 
the tablet, and below, William H. Jacb- 
son, who presided at the ceremony. 
at the site ol the first activities of the 
Geological Survey,” Mr. Hardy con¬ 
cluded, ‘‘is a worthy memorial to its 
founder, Dr. Ferdinand V. Hayden, and 
does credit to his associates of those 
early days, several of whom are pres¬ 
ent today.” 
Later surveys, which carried on the 
work of the Hayden party, must ac¬ 
knowledge a great debt 'to the original 
party, which laid the foundation for 
all later work of this character, it was 
stated by Dr. Edgar L. Hewett, president 
of the Archaeological Institute of 
America. 
den survey rank high in the world of 
Mr. Jackson, who presided, was 
photographer of the party and brought 
back the first photographs of many of 
the areas visited, including the Yellow¬ 
stone National Park area. He now is a 
member of the Explorers’ Club of New 
York and is engaged in illustrating a 
story soon to be published of the old 
Oregon Trail, many of his original 
photographs being used. While on the 
survey he used the old “wet plate” 
method Of photography, his collection of 
plates, chemicals and field dark room 
being transported on mules. Each time 
a picture was made it became necessary 
to set up the dark room, unload and 
mix chemicals and plates and repack 
the train, he recalled. Despite these 
hardships his photographs rank among 
the finest of the kind ever made. 
Other Survivors of Party. 
Survivors of the Hayden survey, in 
addition to Dr. Holmes, Mr. Jackson and 
Mr. Owen, are George B. Chittenden, 
topographer; Ernest Ingersol, zoologist, 
and S. B. Ladd, topographer. 
The survey staff of Dr. Hayden’s 
pioneering days was composed of Rob¬ 
ert Adams, jr., assistant quartermaster; 
J. H. Batty, naturalist; G. R. Bechler, 
topographer; E. L. Berthoud, civil en- : 
gineer; Eli Brooks, civil engineer; Lieut. 
W. L. Carpenter, naturalist; George B. 
Chittenden, topographer; Prof. E. D. ; 
Cope, naturalist; Dr. Elliott Coues, 
ornithologist; John M. Coulter, botanist; ■ 
Dr. F. M.' Endlich, geologist; Henry M. 
Gannett, topographer; James T. Gard- j 
ner, geographer; William S. Holman, 
jr., general assistant;. William H. Holmes, i 
artist and assistant geologist; Ernest 
Ingersoll, zoologist; William H. Jackson, 
photographer; S. B. Ladd, topographer; 
Prof. Joseph Leidy, naturalist; Leo 
Lesqueroux, paleontologist; E. T. Luce, 
general assistant; A. R. Marvine, geolo¬ 
gist; F. B. Meek, paleontologist; S. H. 
Nealy, general assistant; Prof. J. S. 1 
Newberry, geologist; F. D. Owen, assist¬ 
ant topographer and artist; A. S. Pack¬ 
ard, naturalist; A. C. Peale, geologist; 
- Pearson, financial clerk; T. C. 
Porter, botanist; Franklin Rhoda, as¬ 
sistant topographer; S. I. Smith, natu¬ 
ralist; James Stevenson, administrative 
chief; Henry W. Steckle, assistant to¬ 
pographer; W. Bush Taggart, assistant 
geologist; Prof. Cyrus Thomas, publica¬ 
tions; H. E. Verrill, zoologist; C. A. 
White, paleontologist; Prof. W. D. Whit¬ 
ney, philologist, and A. D. Wilson, to¬ 
pographer. For field work, guides, hunt- 
