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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

The point of view is on Trinchera Creek looking north
       from an altitude of about 8000 feet. To the left is the
       San Luis Valley through which flows the Rio Grande, and
       to the right are the two high passes known as Veta and
       Sangre de Cristo. The Sierra Blanca forms the southern
       end of the Sangre de Cristo Range and was one of the
       great landmarks of the Wilderness.

       Sketch in oils made at the place by F. S. Dellenbaugh.

     THE BACKBONE OF THE CONTINENT                                   3
       Photograph by R. H. Chapman, U. S. Geol. Survey.

     WILDERNESS OF THE UPPER MISSOURI                                5
       Photograph by R. H. Chapman, U. S. Geol. Survey.

     THE YOSEMITE VALLEY                                             7
       Photograph by C. C. Pierce & Co.

     THE GRIZZLY GIANT                                               9
       Height, 285 feet. Circumference, 93 feet.
       Copyright by C. C. Pierce & Co.

     A WILDERNESS HOME                                              11
       Photograph by R. H. Chapman, U. S. Geol. Survey.

     THE MOUNTAIN PART OF THE WILDERNESS                            14
       Relief map by E. E. Howell.

     NO PLACE FOR BEAVER                                            15
       Photograph by J. K. Hillers, U. S. Geol. Survey.

     BEAVER COUNTRY                                                 17
       Photograph by J. K. Hillers, U. S. Geol. Survey.

     GREAT BEAVER DAM—GRASS LAKE, 260 FEET LONG                     19
       From Morgan's _American Beaver_.

     RED CANYON—GREEN RIVER                                         20
       Where Ashley went for beaver in 1825.
       Photograph by E. O. Beaman, Colo. Riv. Exp.

     BEAVER CANAL                                                   22
       From Morgan's _American Beaver_.

     LOWER COLORADO RIVER—MOUTH OF GILA ON RIGHT                    23
       Where Pattie trapped beaver in 1826.
       Photograph by Delancy Gill.

     TREES CUT BY BEAVERS                                           26
       From Morgan's _American Beaver_.

     BEAVER TRAP                                                    29

     THE BEAVER                                                     30
       Copyright, 1901, by Doubleday, Page, & Co.

     THE MONARCH OF THE PLAINS                                      33
       The figure a photograph by C. C. Pierce & Co.

     PICTURE OF BUFFALO ON CLIFF WALL, SOUTHERN UTAH                37
       Pecked drawing, copied by B. L. Young.

     THE GRAND TETON FROM JACKSON'S HOLE                            39
       The buffalo reached this valley by 1824.
       Photograph by W. H. Jackson, U. S. Geol. Survey.

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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