Charles Howard (photographer)

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A private in the Fourth Infantry, Charles Howard was initially stationed at Fort Bridger, Wyoming Territory. In 1877, he was ordered to join the expedition of Captain William S. Stanton, Engineer for the Department of the Platte. This expedition spent the summer of 1877 mapping the major roads throughout Wyoming, Nebraska and Dakota Territory.

Taking his camera, Private Howard produced photographs of military posts, scenery and Indian villages that he encountered. In October 1877, while at Camp Sheridan, Nebraska, Private Howard photographed Crazy Horse's scaffold grave.

Private Howard completed his enlistment and was discharged from the Army in 1880. What became of him or his negatives after this remains a mystery.


[edit] Bibliography

  • "Soldier With a Camera: Private Charles Howard's Photographic Journey Through Eastern Wyoming, 1877," by Ephriam D. Dickson III, Annals of Wyoming
  • "Crazy Horse's Grave: A Photograph by Private Charles Howard, 1877," by Ephriam D. Dickson III, Little Big Horn Associates Newsletter, vol. XL, no. 1 (Feb. 2006) pp. 4-5.
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