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Breaking the Wilderness : $b The Story of the Conquest of the Far West, From the Wanderings of Cabeza de Vaca, to the First Descent of the Colorado by Powell, and the Completion of the Union Pacific Railway, With Particular Account of the Exploits of Trappers and TradersDellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel

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Breaking the Wilderness : $b The Story of the Conquest of the Far West, From the Wanderings of Cabeza de Vaca, to the First Descent of the Colorado by Powell, and the Completion of the Union Pacific Railway, With Particular Account of the Exploits of Trappers and Traders

Name: Breaking the Wilderness : $b The Story of the Conquest of the Far West, From the Wanderings of Cabeza de Vaca, to the First Descent of the Colorado by Powell, and the Completion of the Union Pacific Railway, With Particular Account of the Exploits of Trappers and Traders
Author: Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel

Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel

West (U.S.) -- Description and travel; West (U.S.) -- History

HOUSE RUIN ON GREEN RIVER, UTAH                               101
       Photograph by L. H. Johnson.

     ALARÇON'S SHIPS IN THE TIDAL BORE, MOUTH OF THE
     COLORADO, 1540                                                105
       Drawing by F. S. Dellenbaugh.

     CHARACTER OF THE SEVEN CITIES WHICH FRIAR MARCOS
     SO GLOWINGLY DESCRIBED                                        109
       Drawing by F. S. Dellenbaugh.

     NEW MEXICO, 1540 TO 1630                                      115

     CHURCH AND MISSION OF SAN XAVIER DEL BAC, ARIZONA             118
       Mission founded 1699. The church here shown was
       finished in 1797.

     ON THE YUMA DESERT                                            120
       Character of the country around the head of the Gulf
       of California.
       Photograph by Delancy Gill.

     CHURCH OF THE MISSION SAN CARLOS DE MONTEREY                  121
       Mission founded in 1770.
       Photograph by C. C. Pierce & Co.

     GLEN CANYON, COLORADO RIVER                                   123
       This shows the nature of the Colorado where Escalante
       crossed in 1776. The surface on each side is barren
       sandstone.
       Photograph by J. K. Hillers, U. S. Colo. Riv. Exp.

     BARRIERS OF ADAMANT, MISSION RANGE                            128
       Photograph by R. H. Chapman, U. S. Geol. Survey.

     A RECEPTION COMMITTEE                                         131
       Photograph by J. K. Hillers, U. S. Geol. Survey.

     IN THE HEART OF THE WILDERNESS—SOUTHERN UTAH                  135
       Photograph by F. S. Dellenbaugh.

     GREAT FALLS OF THE MISSOURI                                   137
       From _The Trail of Lewis and Clark_, O. D. Wheeler.

     GREAT FOUNTAIN GEYSER—YELLOWSTONE PARK                        141
       From _Wonderland_, 1901, Northern Pacific Railway.

     SUMMITS OF THE BACKBONE                                       145
       Gray's Peak, 14,341 feet; Torrey's Peak, 14,336 feet.
       Photograph by U. S. Geol. Survey.

     MOUTH OF THE COLUMBIA FROM ASTORIA                            149
       Cape Disappointment, left distance. From _The Trail
       of Lewis and Clark_, O. D. Wheeler.

     MAP OF THE WILDERNESS SHOWING AMERICAN ACQUISITIONS           154

     MOUNT HOOD—FROM CLOUD CAP INN                                 159
       From _Wonderland_, 1903, Northern Pacific Railway.

     CANYON OF THE GATES OF THE MOUNTAINS                          165
       From _The Trail of Lewis and Clark_, O. D. Wheeler.

     JUNCTION OF THE MADISON AND JEFFERSON                         167
       The Madison at left, the Jefferson at the right centre.
       From _The Trail of Lewis and Clark_, O. D. Wheeler.

     THE DALLES OF THE COLUMBIA                                    169
       Photograph by F. S. Dellenbaugh.

Breaking the Wilderness : $b The Story of the Conquest of the Far West, From the Wanderings of Cabeza de Vaca, to the First Descent of the Colorado by Powell, and the Completion of the Union Pacific Railway, With Particular Account of the Exploits of Trappers and Traders

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