查尔斯·乔赛亚·贝尔登（Charles Josiah Belden，1887 年 11 月 16 日 - 1966 年）是一位摄影师和牧场主，以拍摄怀俄明州 Meetseetse 周边地区的发自内心的照片而闻名。百通出生于加州一个富裕的家庭。他的祖父乔赛亚·贝尔登（Josiah Belden）是加州早期的先驱，在旧金山的房地产中赚了数百万美元。查尔斯·贝尔登（Charles Belden）购买了他的第一台相机，与他的学校朋友尤金·菲尔普斯（Eugene Phelps）一起录制欧洲巡演。这次旅行的亮点是乘坐百通的 1908 年帕卡德穿越俄罗斯，这是第一辆在该国进行此类旅行的汽车。旅行结束后，百通去了怀俄明州的菲尔普斯（干草叉）牧场当牛仔。1912年，贝尔登与尤金的妹妹弗朗西斯结婚。这对夫妇有三个孩子，安妮丝、玛格特和玛丽伊丽莎白，他们在蹒跚学步时就去世了。尤金的父亲于 1922 年去世，留下尤金和查尔斯接管干草叉牧场的管理。飞机成为百通的魅力所在。在1920年代后期，查尔斯开始参与饲养羚羊，并用飞机将它们送到世界各地的动物园，包括一些羚羊在兴登堡的德国。他帮助开创了从空中种植鱼类的过程，并拍摄了这段经历以备将来参考。此外，他还帮助怀俄明州狩猎和鱼类委员会使用航空照片对野生动物群种群进行了普查。1921 年开始的遗产税、管理不善和农业萧条对干草叉造成了损失，牧场陷入了衰落。为了支付开支，在 1930 年代，这个家庭将他们的家变成了一个花花公子牧场，但这种反应并没有阻止经济流失。经过多年的紧张关系，查尔斯于 1940 年与弗朗西斯离婚，并与新婚妻子维尔娜·斯蒂尔·贝尔登 （Verna Steele Belden） 搬到佛罗里达州。查尔斯·贝尔登（Charles Belden）于1963年死于自残的枪伤。

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Charles Josiah Belden (November 16, 1887 – 1966) was a photographer and rancher who was famous for his visceral photographs of the area around Meetseetse, Wyoming. Belden was born into a wealthy California family. His grandfather, Josiah Belden, was an early California pioneer who made millions in San Francisco real estate. Charles Belden bought his first camera to record a European tour with his school friend, Eugene Phelps. The highlight of the tour was a journey through Russia in Belden's 1908 Packard, the first automobile to make such a trip in the country. After the trip, Belden went to work as a cowboy on the Phelps (Pitchfork) Ranch in Wyoming. In 1912, Belden married Eugene's sister, Frances. The couple had three children, Annice, Margot, and Mary Elizabeth, who died while still a toddler. Eugene's father died in 1922, leaving Eugene and Charles to take over management of the Pitchfork Ranch.  Airplanes became a fascination for Belden. In the late 1920s, Charles became involved in raising antelope and sending them by airplane to zoos around the world, including some to Germany in the Hindenburg. He helped to pioneer the process of planting fish from the air and filmed the experience for future reference. In addition, he helped the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission conduct a census of wildlife herd populations using aerial photographs. Estate taxes, mismanagement, and an agricultural depression that began in 1921 took their toll on the Pitchfork and the ranch fell into decline. To meet expenses, in the 1930's the family turned their home into a dude ranch, but this response did not stop the financial drain. After many years of strained relations, Charles divorced Frances in 1940 and moved to Florida with a new wife, Verna Steele Belden. Charles Belden died in 1963 of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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