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JOHN H. FOUCH
Fort Keogh, Montana - Excelsior, Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota

John H. Fouch had a studio at Contonment Tongue River (later named Fort Keogh), Montana Territory as early as 1877. He photographed Chief Joseph after his surrender and imprisonment there. Also he was the first to photograph the Custer Battlefield at Little Bighorn. His studio was taken over by S. J. Morrow in 1878 and then by L. A. Huffman after that.

During his stay at Ft. Keogh, Fouch also managed to visit Yellowstone National Park. Fouch is known to have made only sixteen Yellowstone Park images. These were part of the set he issued of sixty-three photos entitled "Stereoscopic Views of the Yellowstone Country," apparently taken 1876-1878.

In 1879, after his stay at Ft. Keogh, Fouch produced views from his Minnesota home at Lake Minnetonka. Here he reissued his Yellowstone series under the title "Artistic Views of the Yellowstone Country and Yellowstone National Park, Series of 1876, 1877, and 1878." Most of these photos were of the Montana Territory, but a few were in the park. Some, if not all, of his Yellowstone photos date from the summer of 1878.

62.-Rapids, above the upper Falls.

This is the more common Fouch viewtype (if there is such a thing). It was issued during the 1880’s after he had returned to Minnesota. This scene is located on the Yellowstone River just above Upper Falls.

Fouch Minnetonka Verso Checklist.

Fouch’s Montana viewlist. It appeared on the reverse of many, but not all, of his views.

54.-Great Basin, Outer Formation, Hot Springs,Yellowstone Park.

Pictured here is the rare Ft. Keogh mount by Fouch. Only a handful of these stereoviews are known. They were his earliest of Yellowstone. This particular view has hand-written title on verso "view at the Mamoth [sic] Hot Springs.".

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