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The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons by J. W. Powell
Full text of Powell's 1,000-mile expedition down the fabled Colorado in 1869. Superb account of terrain, geology, vegetation, Indians, famine, mutiny, treacherous rapids, mighty canyons, during exploration of last unknown part of continental U.S. 240 illustrations.
Table of Contents for The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons
| I. The Valley of the Colorado | | II. Mesas and Buttes | | III. Mountains and Plateaus | | IV. Cliffs and Terraces | | V. From Green River City to Flaming Gorge | | VI. From Flaming Gorge to the Gate of Lodore | | VII. The Canyon of Lodore | | VIII. From Echo Park to the Mouth of the Uinta River | | IX. From the Mouth of the Uinta river to the Junction of the Grand and Green | | X. From the Junction of the Grand and Green to the Mouth of the Little Colorado | | XI. From the Little Colorado to the Foot of the Grand Canyon | | XII. The Rio Virgen and the Uinkaret Mountains | | XIII. Over the River | | XIV. To Zuñi | | XV. The Grand Canyon | | Index |
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