The Romance of the Colorado River : $b The Story of its Discovery in 1840, with an Account of the Later Explorations, and with Special Reference to the Voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great Canyons — John Shaqi
The Romance of the Colorado River : $b The Story of its Discovery in 1840, with an Account of the Later Explorations, and with Special Reference to the Voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great CanyonsDellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel
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The Romance of the Colorado River : $b The Story of its Discovery in 1840, with an Account of the Later Explorations, and with Special Reference to the Voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great Canyons
Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Description and travel; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Discovery and exploration; Colorado River Valley (Colo.-Mexico) -- Description and travel; Colorado River Valley (Colo.-Mexico) -- Discovery and exploration; Grand Canyon (Ariz.) -- Description and travel; Gran
1871—By boat from the Union Pacific Railway crossing of Green River,
down the Green and Colorado to the mouth of the Paria, Lee’s Ferry.
Numerous side trips on foot. Lee’s Ferry to House Rock Valley, and
across north end of the Kaibab Plateau to the village of Kanab.
1872—Kanab to House Rock Valley and Paria Plateau. To Kanab. To
southern part of Kaibab Plateau. To Kanab _via_ Shinumo Canyon and
Kanab Canyon. To Pipe Spring. To the Uinkaret Mountains and the Grand
Canyon at the foot of the Toroweap Valley. To Berry Spring near St.
George, along the edge of the Hurricane Ledge. To the Uinkaret
Mountains _via_ Diamond Butte. To the bottom of the Grand Canyon at the
foot of the Toroweap. To Berry Spring _via_ Diamond Butte and along the
foot of the Hurricane Ledge. To St. George. To the Virgen Mountains and
summit of Mt. Bangs. To Kanab _via_ St. George. To the Aquarius Plateau
_via_ Potato Valley. To and across the Henry Mountains. To the Colorado
at the mouth of Frémont River. By boat to the mouth of the Paria. To
Kanab and return across the Kaibab. By boat down the Colorado to the
mouth of the Kanab. To Kanab _via_ the Kanab Canyon. To the Uinkaret
Mountains. To Kanab _via_ Pipe Spring.
1873—To Salt Lake City, _via_ Long Valley and the Sevier River.
1875—To terminus of Utah Southern Railway, about at Spanish Forks, by
rail. To Kanab _via_ Sevier River and Upper Kanab. To the Kaibab
Plateau, De Motte Park, and the rim of the Grand Canyon. To the bottom
of the Grand Canyon _via_ Shinumo and Kanab Canyons. To Kanab _via_
Kanab Canyon. To the Uinkaret Mountains _via_ Pipe Spring and the Wild
Band Pockets. To the Grand Canyon at the foot of the Toroweap.
1876—To St. George across the Uinkaret Plateau. To Las Vegas, Nevada,
_via_ Beaver Dam, Virgen River, the Muddy, and the desert. To St.
George, by the desert and the old “St. Joe” road across the Beaver Dam
Mountains. To the rim of the Grand Canyon, _via_ Hidden Spring, the
Copper Mine, and Mt. Dellenbaugh. To a red paint cave on the side of
the canyon, about twenty-five hundred feet down. To St. George _via_
same route. To Ivanpah, California, _via_ the old desert road, the
Muddy, Las Vegas, and Good Spring. To St. George _via_ same route. To
Kanab _via_ Short Creek and Pipe Spring. To the Uinkaret Mountains
_via_ Pipe Spring and Antelope Valley. Across to the Shewits Plateau
and to Ambush Waterpocket south of Mt. Dellenbaugh.[2] To the bottom of
the Grand Canyon on the east side of the Shewits Plateau. To St. George
_via_ Mt. Dellenbaugh and Hidden Spring. To Kanab _via_ Berry Spring
and Pipe Spring. To Salt Lake City _via_ Upper Kanab and the Sevier
Valley.
[2] This waterpocket, which is a very large one, has, so far as I am
aware, never had an English name and I do not know the Amerind one. I
have called it “Ambush” because it was the place where three of
Powell’s men were shot by the Shewits in 1869.
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