The Romance
of
The Colorado River
The Story of its Discovery in 1540, with an Account
of the Later Explorations, and with Special
Reference to the Voyages of Powell through
the Line of the Great Canyons
By
Frederick S. Dellenbaugh
Member of the United States
Colorado River Expedition of
1871 and 1872
This is one of the modern trails into the
Grand Canyon, which at this point is some 6000 feet deep.
From water-color sketch by Thomas Moran. N. A.
“No sluggish tide congenial to the glooms:
This, as it frothed by, might have been a bath
For the fiend's glowing hoof—”
Browning |
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
New York and London
The Knickerbocker Press
1902
Copyright, 1902
by
FREDERICK S. DELLENBAUGH
Published, November, 1902
To
my friends and comrades
of the
Colorado River Expedition of 1871 and 1872
in grateful remembrance
