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by E. L. (Ellsworth Leonardson) Kolb
THROUGH THE GRAND CANYON FROM WYOMING TO MEXICO
TO THE MANY FRIENDS WHO "PULLED" FOR US, IF NOT WITH US DURING THE ONE HUNDRED ONE DAYS OF OUR RIVER TRIP, THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED. - FOREWORD
PREFACE
+CONTENTS+ - CHAPTER PAGE - I. PREPARATIONS AT GREEN RIVER CITY, WYOMING 1 - II. INTERESTING SIGHTS OF SOUTHERN WYOMING 12 - III. THE GATEWAY OF ALL THE CANYONS 22 - IV. SUSPICIOUS HOSTS 36 - V. THE BATTLE WITH LODORE 50 - VI. HELL'S HALF MILE 64 - VII. JIMMY GOES OVER THE MOUNTAIN 71 - VIII. AN INLAND EXCURSION 83 - IX. CANYON OF DESOLATION 93 - X. HOSPITABLE RANCHMEN 102 - XI. WONDERS OF EROSION 111 - XII. COULD WE SUCCEED? 121 - XIII. A COMPANION VOYAGER 129 - XIV. A PATIENT AMID THE CATARACTS 142 - XV. PLACER GOLD 156 - XVI. A WARNING 169 - XVII. A NIGHT OF THRILLS 178 - XVIII. MARBLE HALLS AND MARBLE WALLS 190 - XIX. SIGNALLING OUR CANYON HOME 203 - XX. ONE MONTH LATER 219 - XXI. WHAT CHRISTMAS EVE BROUGHT 235 - XXII. SHORT OF PROVISIONS IN A SUNLESS GORGE 249 - XXIII. THE LAST PORTAGE AND THE LAST RAPIDS 267 - XXIV. ON THE CREST OF A FLOOD 280 - XXV. FOUR DAYS TO YUMA 290 - XXVI. ACROSS THE MEXICO BORDER 303 - XXVII. THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA 321 - ILLUSTRATIONS
THROUGH THE GRAND CANYON FROM WYOMING TO MEXICO - CHAPTER I - PREPARATIONS AT GREEN RIVER CITY, WYOMING
CHAPTER II - INTERESTING SIGHTS OF SOUTHERN WYOMING
CHAPTER III - THE GATEWAY OF ALL THE CANYONS
CHAPTER IV - SUSPICIOUS HOSTS
CHAPTER V - THE BATTLE WITH LODORE
CHAPTER VI - HELL'S HALF MILE
Language
en
Duration
~7 hours (459K characters)
Release date
2004-08-10
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

b. 1876
A photographer-adventurer of the early Grand Canyon, he turned cliffside life, river travel, and frontier tourism into vivid firsthand storytelling. His work captures both the danger and excitement of the American West at a moment when it still felt largely unexplored.
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