A shekara ta 1859, Bierstadt ya yi tafiya zuwa yammacin kasar tare da Frederick W. Lander, mai binciken kasa na gwamnatin Amurka, don ganin wadannan wurare.
Tabbas, wani nau'i mai rikitarwa na jumla shine "A shekara ta 1859, ya yi tafiya zuwa yamma a cikin kamfanin Frederick W. Lander, mai binciken ƙasa don gwamnatin Amurka, kuma ya koma wani ɗakin da ya dauka a Tenth Street Studio Building a New York tare da zane-zane wanda zai haifar da zane-zane da yawa".