{"id":810,"date":"2018-07-09T22:44:38","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T22:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/?p=810"},"modified":"2026-02-11T23:02:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T23:02:28","slug":"never-before-seen-photo-trail-to-helen-hunt-jacksons-grave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/2018\/07\/09\/never-before-seen-photo-trail-to-helen-hunt-jacksons-grave\/","title":{"rendered":"never before seen photo: trail to Helen Hunt Jackson&#8217;s grave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2018\/07\/HHJgravetrail.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-811 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2018\/07\/HHJgravetrail-176x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"176\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2018\/07\/HHJgravetrail-176x300.jpg 176w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2018\/07\/HHJgravetrail-768x1312.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2018\/07\/HHJgravetrail-599x1024.jpg 599w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2018\/07\/HHJgravetrail-624x1066.jpg 624w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2018\/07\/HHJgravetrail.jpg 1361w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We are fairly certain this is the first online appearance of a photograph labeled &#8220;Trail to H.H. Grave,&#8221; numbered 642, Hook Photo. The date is likely 1890.<\/p>\n<p>Writer and activist Helen Hunt Jackson (known in her lifetime as H.H., Helen Hunt, or Helen Jackson) died in 1885. She was buried in South Cheyenne Canyon, but so many people visited the site that her grave was moved to Evergreen Cemetery in 1891. The address for W.E. Hook on the back of photo is 509 N Tejon, Colorado Springs, Colorado, an address first used in 1890.<\/p>\n<p>The photograph is a recent gift of Alan Campbell, former Colorado College Psychology staff. As far as we can tell, no other institution holds a print of this image.<\/p>\n<p>Citation: Colorado Room Photo File for Helen Hunt Jackson, Colorado College Special Collections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are fairly certain this is the first online appearance of a photograph labeled &#8220;Trail to H.H. Grave,&#8221; numbered 642, Hook Photo. The date is likely 1890. Writer and activist Helen Hunt Jackson (known in her lifetime as H.H., Helen Hunt, or Helen Jackson) died in 1885. 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