The spectacular peaks of Grand Teton National Park seem to explode straight out of a vast northwest Wyoming meadow. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582737/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseFog in the Teton Valley. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582791/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseThe majestic peaks of the Teton Range reflect in a mountain stream in Grand Teton National Park in northwestern Wyoming.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582752/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseSheep graze in rugged Big Horn County, on the Montana border in northern Wyoming. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582712/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA lightly traveled road cuts through the high plains a winter's day in rugged and remote Fremont County, Wyoming. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582743/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseThis ponderosa pine is a venerated object at the A Bar A guest ranch, near Riverside in Carbon County, Wyoming. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582713/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA dirt road through grassland at the Big Creek cattle ranch near Riverside in Carbon County, Wyoming. Original image from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582753/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseSunset scene in rural Tom Green County, Texas, northeast of San Angelo. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582641/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseScene in the San Juan Mountains above Silverton, Colorado, along with the mostly dirt-and-gravel "Alpine Loop" that, for… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582485/carol-highsmiths-colorado-photographFree Image from public domain licenseThe mighty Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River in Yellowstone National Park in northwestern Wyoming. Falling 308 feet, they… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582734/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseParked freight trains at the Kansas City Southern yards in Wharton County in southeast Texas. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434282/free-photo-image-train-logistics-railwayFree Image from public domain licenseAn American bison, also known as a buffalo, strikes a pose in Yellowstone National Park in northwestern Wyoming. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582784/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseThe distinctive White Wolf Saloon in Douglas, site of the annual Wyoming State Fair. The bar's owners, Diane and Carl… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582758/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA preserved site of wagon ruts of the Oregon Trail on the North Platte River, near Guernsey, Wyoming. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582770/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseHigh-country stream and cottonwoods in rugged north-central Wyoming's rugged Big Horn County. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434637/free-photo-image-river-water-forestFree Image from public domain licenseView at the A Bar A guest ranch, near Riverside in Carbon County, Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582711/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA beautiful sunset in rural Goshen County, Wyoming, near Guernsey. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582793/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseMarker at a humble “cowboy cemetery” near Riverside, Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582717/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseCastle Rock, a formation overlooking Green River, Wyoming, that has become a city symbol. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582732/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA bald eagle, which of course is not bald at all, surveys its domain in the northernmost Wyoming reaches of Yellowstone… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582715/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA longhorn steer appears to pose in a thicket in rural Kinney County, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582703/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseFreshly painted barns at the Big Creek cattle ranch, a huge spread just above the Colorado line near Riverside in Carbon… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582739/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseThis business in Fredericksburg, in the Texas Hill Country, calls itself the "Talk of the Town." Perhaps it's because of the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582594/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseFall scene at the A Bar A guest ranch, just over the Colorado border near Riverside in Carbon County, Wyoming. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434633/free-photo-image-bar-autumn-ranch-americaFree Image from public domain licenseA luxurient field of bluebonnets, the state flower, near Marble Falls in the Texas Hill Country. Original image from Carol… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582566/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseScene at Inks Lake in the Texas Hill Country, near Burnet. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582685/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseTexas is famous for, and even more proud of, its bluebonnet fields, which come to life each spring in the Hill Country. This… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582565/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseOminous clouds above Pine Bluffs, a small farming community on the Nebraska border in Laramie County, Wyoming. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582780/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseEntry gate to the A Bar A guest ranch, near the little town of Riverside in Carbon County, Wyoming. Original image from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582749/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseThe Madison River winds through Yellowstone National Park, in the northwest corner of the western state of Wyoming. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582792/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseIt's Spring calving -- or birthing -- season at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582748/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseSunset in South Pass, the most-traveled and most-trusted low valley -- two nearby valleys, actually -- through the fearsome… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582741/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseOld cabin and buckboard wheels in Big Horn County, Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582722/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseThe distant Squaw Mountain (the peak to the right) looms over the Ladder Livestock Ranch near the tiny town of Savery… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582768/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseThe Thunderer, a 10,495-foot peak in the northeast section of Yellowstone National Park in the Absaroka Range of the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582719/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA dirt road winds through a sea of yellow sundrops on the Laramie Plain, a vast grassland south of Laramie, Wyoming.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582736/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseBenjy Duke is not only a devoted angler, down to the point of meticulously tying his own flies. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582742/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseCountry singer-songwriting legend Willie Nelson, age 80 at the time of this photograph, performs with his band, "Family," at… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582680/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA great horned owl has asserted permanent visiting rights to a tree above the ranch headquarters at the Big Creek cattle… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582740/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA mixed herd of wild and domesticated horses frolics on the Ladder Livestock ranch, a vast cattle and sheep-ranching… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582480/carol-highsmiths-colorado-photographFree Image from public domain licenseAmerica's first declared national monument (in 1906): Devils Tower in northeast Wyoming, also known by more benign names… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582788/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA cowgirl leads the daily "jingle" -- or roundup of horses -- at the A Bar A guest ranch near Riverside, Wyoming. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582760/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseBull elk in Yellowstone National Park, in the northwest corner of the western state of Wyoming. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582750/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseRanch manager Mark Dunning oversees a roundup at the Big Creek cattle ranch near the Colorado border in Carbon County… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582794/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA freight train emerges from a tunnel in the rocks of the Wind River Valley that runs roughly from Shoshoni up to… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582759/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseScene at the Ladder Livestock Ranch on the Colorado border near Savery, Wyoming. The ranch operates in both states, running… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582709/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseHell's Half Acre (actually 320 acres), is a deep and rugged canyon filled with sharp pinnacles and other rock formations in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582716/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licensePastoral scene in the Belle Fourche River Valley above Hulett in Crook County, Wyoming. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582763/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseThe Porcelain Basin, a thermally active area within Yellowstone National Park. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582755/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseThe Ames Monument, erected in 1880 in a desolate stretch of rural Albany County, Wyoming. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582785/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licensePonderosa pine at the A Bar A guest ranch, near Riverside in Carbon County, Wyoming. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434620/free-photo-image-carol-highsmith-pine-stoneFree Image from public domain licensePonderosa pine at the A Bar A guest ranch, near Riverside in Carbon County, Wyoming. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434629/free-photo-image-public-domain-pine-wyomingFree Image from public domain licenseLonghorn steer wooden sculpture in the arts district of little San Elizario, near El Paso. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582663/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseMetal side of a barn, decorated with a painting of the Flag of Texas, near Fort Davis in Jeff Davis County, Texas. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582612/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseRugged terrain north of Big Bend National Park in the "Trans-Pecos" region of southwest Texas. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582577/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA fisherman tries his luck in Yellowstone National Park's Madison River in northwestern Wyoming. Original image from Carol… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434416/free-photo-image-river-fishing-carolFree Image from public domain licenseView of Lake Marie in Wyoming's Snowy Range, between Saratoga and Laramie. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434622/free-photo-image-carol-highsmith-snowy-treesFree Image from public domain licenseThe Wyoming Territorial Prison. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3093672/free-photo-image-america-architecture-blue-skyFree Image from public domain licenseHorses enjoy the last few minutes outside their corral after returning from a romp in the snow at the Midland Ranch, in the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582769/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseAn American bison, or buffalo, navigates snowy Yellowstone National Park in western Wyoming. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582729/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseTeton Mountain view from one of the rental cabins at Spring Creek Ranch -- not a working ranch but an upscale development of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582778/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain license"Old Faithful" geyser erupts in Yellowstone National Park's Upper Geyser Basin in the western U.S. state of Wyoming. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582725/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseScene from the Sweetwater County, Wyoming, portion of the Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, which narrows and turns… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582723/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseBuffalo-crossing sign in the vast Wyoming portion of Yellowstone National Park. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434479/free-photo-image-sign-yellowstone-national-parkFree Image from public domain licenseGreat horned owl at Big Creek cattle ranch in Carbon County, Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434497/free-photo-image-tree-branches-wyomingFree Image from public domain licenseAmerica's first declared national monument (in 1906): Devils Tower - Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434370/free-photo-image-forest-wyoming-landscapeFree Image from public domain licenseThe Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River in northwestern Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park. Twice as high as Niagara Falls… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434432/free-photo-image-trees-waterfalls-wyomingFree Image from public domain licenseView of Lake Marie in Wyoming's Snowy Range, between Saratoga and Laramie. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434632/free-photo-image-scenery-america-americas-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseThe Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River in northwestern Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park. Twice as high as Niagara Falls… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434431/free-photo-image-public-domain-waterfalls-national-parks-yellowstone-parkFree Image from public domain licenseView of Lake Marie in Wyoming's Snowy Range, between Saratoga and Laramie. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434631/free-photo-image-snow-usa-water-landscapeFree Image from public domain licenseDevils Tower, also known by more benign names, including Bear Lodge, by indigenous American Indians, in northeastern… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434363/free-photo-image-lodge-carol-highsmith-americaFree Image from public domain licenseA storm brews above the Firehole River in Yellowstone National Park in northwestern Wyoming. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434420/free-photo-image-river-wyoming-storm-cloudsFree Image from public domain licenseCowhand Lars Hollis atop his horse, Catote, at the 1,800-acre Lonesome Pine Ranch, a working cattle ranch that is part of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582647/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseView of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, looking toward North Carolina. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434582/free-photo-image-georgia-appalachian-mountainsFree Image from public domain licenseComplex clouds form after many inches of rain over several days near Stockton, California. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2110333/carol-highsmiths-californiaFree Image from public domain licenseTrees get a white winter glaze in Yellowstone National Park in the northwest corner of Wyoming. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582747/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseField of bluebonnets near Boerne, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582646/carol-highsmiths-texas-photographFree Image from public domain licenseBuffaloes, or American bison, trudge through the snow in the northernmost Wyoming reaches of Yellowstone National Park.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582718/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA coyote blends into its surroundings in mid-winter in Yellowstone National Park in northern Wyoming. Original image from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582781/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseDistant view of the Kilpecker sand dunes and the forbidding Sweetwater County high-plains terrain in Wyoming. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582720/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseScene from Yellowstone National Park's Lower Terrace, a complex of geothermal vents and hot springs that over time created… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582733/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseHorses rest after a romp in the snow at the Midland Ranch, in the shadow of the Wind River Range of the Northern Rockies in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434445/free-photo-image-horses-america-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseA sunset over the sagebrush in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434428/free-photo-image-sky-america-americas-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseA dirt road winds through a sea of high plains yellow sundrops on the Laramie Plain, a vast grassland south of Laramie… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434332/free-photo-image-field-cloud-skyFree Image from public domain licenseColorful Ferris wheel at dusk at the Wyoming State Fair in Douglas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434360/free-photo-image-fair-ferris-wheel-wyomingFree Image from public domain licenseCraggy peaks of Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434005/free-photo-image-grand-teton-americaFree Image from public domain licenseSpectacular peaks in the Teton Range seem to explode from the valley in Grand Teton National Park in northwest Wyoming.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434618/free-photo-image-forest-wildlife-carolFree Image from public domain licenseThe majestic peaks of the Teton Range reflect in a mountain stream in Grand Teton National Park in northwestern Wyoming.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434425/free-photo-image-wyoming-black-and-white-photos-national-park-photographyFree Image from public domain licenseGrand Teton National Park view. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/433974/free-photo-image-national-parks-mountains-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseFall aspens in San Juan County, Colorado USA - Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434400/free-photo-image-landscape-carol-highsmith-americaFree Image from public domain licenseSan Francisco Giants baseball team plays the Chicago Cubs at AT&T Ball Park in San Francisco. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2110355/carol-highsmiths-californiaFree Image from public domain licenseSan Francisco Giants baseball team plays the Chicago Cubs at AT&T Ball Park in San Francisco. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2110803/carol-highsmiths-californiaFree Image from public domain licenseOld barn in Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3094598/free-photo-image-america-barn-blue-skyFree Image from public domain licenseRural Arizona near Florence, Arizona. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421710/free-photo-image-cactus-desert-grayscaleFree Image from public domain licenseRural road through rugged and remote Sweetwater County, Wyoming in wintertime. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2370816/rural-road-through-rugged-and-remote-sweetwater-county-wyoming-wintertimeFree Image from public domain licenseA mixed herd of wild and domesticated horses frolics on the Ladder Livestock ranch, at the Wyoming-Colorado border. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434341/free-photo-image-horse-winter-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseFat and sassy prairie dogs on the grounds of Devil's Tower National Monument in Crook County, Wyoming. Original image from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434362/free-photo-image-squirrel-prairie-dog-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain license