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This art print is made from an historical photo identified as "Buckskin Charlie and His Woman, Head Chief of the Utes" taken by photographer William Henry Jackson (1843-1942). The date taken is unknown.

Buckskin Charlie, (1840-1936), was the last traditional chief of the Southern Ute. Entrusted by Chief Ouray in 1880 to lead the Ute into the 20th Century, Buckskin Charlie inspired confidence in his people.

He served as a bridge between the old and new ways and counseled for peace. He was known as a trustworthy and influential man. Reportedly born near the Garden of the Gods, Buckskin Charlie subsequently returned many times to the areas known as Colorado Springs and Manitou Springs. In 1912 he dedicated the ancient Ute Trial near Manitou Springs to future generations of all races.

Chief Buckskin Charlie died on May 8, 1936. The descendants of Buckskin Charlie still live on the Southern Ute Reservation in Ignacio, Colorado, where he is buried.

William Henry Jackson, (1843-1942) was an American painter, photographer and explorer famous for his images of the American West.

Born in New York, he served in the American Civil War and fought at the battle of Gettysburg. After the war, he broke his engagement to Miss Carolina Eastman and headed for the American West.

William Henry Jackson eventually settled in Omaha, NE, where he opened a photography shop with his brother. Going off for three or four days as "missionary to the Indians" around Omaha, Jackson made his famous photographs of the Osages, Otoes, Pawnees, Winnebagoes and Omahas.

He joined the 1871 U.S. government survey (predecessor of USGS) of the Yellowstone River and Rocky Mountains led by Ferdinand Hayden. Jackson came back with photographic evidence of western landmarks that had previously seemed fantastic rumor: the Grand Tetons, Old Faithful and the rest of Yellowstone, Colorado's Rockies and the Mount of the Holy Cross, and the uncooperative Ute Indians. Jackson's photographs of Yellowstone helped convince the U.S. Congress to make it the first National Park in March 1872.

Jackson exhibited photographs and clay models of Anasazi dwellings at Mesa Verde in Colorado in the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, and was commissioned to photograph for western state exhibitions at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893.

Jackson moved to Washington, D.C. in 1924, and produced murals of the Old West for the new U.S. Department of the Interior building. He also acted as a technical advisor for the filming of Gone with the Wind. In 1942, he was honored by the Explorer's Club for his 80,000 photographs of the American West. Jackson died at the age of 99. Recognized as one of the last surviving Civil War veterans, he was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.