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
Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel
West (U.S.) -- Description and travel; West (U.S.) -- History
BEFORE SUNRISE 231
From _Wonderland_, 1904, Northern Pacific Railway.
GREEN RIVER VALLEY 233
Photograph by C. R. Savage.
ARROW WEED IN THE YUMA COUNTRY 236
Photograph by Delancy Gill.
RED CANYON OF GREEN RIVER 239
Length, 25 miles. Walls 1800 to 2500 feet high.
Average width of water, 250 feet. Ashley was the
first white man to pass through this gorge.
ASHLEY FALL, RED CANYON, GREEN RIVER 241
Ashley's name was found on right of the picture
on one of the huge fallen rocks, about at the top of
the old dead tree.
LOWER FALLS OF THE YELLOWSTONE 245
From _Wonderland_, 1901, Northern Pacific Railway.
ON THE GILA RIVER, ARIZONA 248
This is the place chosen for the San Carlos irrigation
dam.
Photograph by J. B. Lippincott.
HEADWATERS OF VIRGIN RIVER 251
Named Adams River by Jedediah Smith in 1826.
Photograph by F. S. Dellenbaugh.
PRAIRIE DOGS 254
From _Wonderland_, 1901, Northern Pacific Railway.
ON THE YUMA DESERT. A DYING HORSE 256
Photograph by Delancy Gill.
AN OLD BEAVER HAUNT 261
Photograph by F. S. Dellenbaugh.
THE HEART OF THE SIERRA 263
Photograph by Watkins.
A ROSE OF NEW MEXICO 266
Photograph by C. C. Pierce & Co.
ON THE GILA 268
Photograph by J. B. Lippincott.
CAPTAIN BONNEVILLE 271
A General when this was taken, long after his
trapping career.
Photograph from Montana Historical Society.
"OLD FAITHFUL" GEYSER, YELLOWSTONE PARK 274
From _Wonderland_, 1901, Northern Pacific Railway.
ELK IN WINTER 277
From _Wonderland_, Northern Pacific Railway.
IN THE SIERRA NEVADA 279
On the Merced, Yosemite Valley. Walker, 1833, was
probably the first white man here.
Copyright C. C. Pierce & Co.
A WILDERNESS WAGGON ROAD 282
Photograph by F. S. Dellenbaugh.
STEAMER "YELLOWSTONE" ASCENDING THE MISSOURI IN
1833 285
From _Travels_, etc., 1832-3-4, by Maximilian, Prince
of Wied, 1843.
From _Wonderland_, 1904, Northern Pacific Railway.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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