The Romance of the Colorado River - 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

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Romance of the Colorado River, by Frederick S. Dellenbaugh This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Romance of the Colorado River Author: Frederick S. Dellenbaugh Release Date: January 26, 2010 [EBook #4316] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ROMANCE OF THE COLORADO RIVER *** Produced by Dianne Bean, and David Widger THE ROMANCE OF THE COLORADO RIVER By Frederick S. Dellenbaugh Member of the United States Colorado River Expedition of 1871 and 1872 ILLUSTRATIONS List of the maps, graphs, photos, and paintings scanned from The Romance of the Colorado River by Dellenbaugh. Fewer than half of the pictures in the book were scanned to accompany the etext. 000front. Frontpiece. Looking Up the Bright Angel Trail. Moran. 000xvii. The Steamer "Undine." 00prefmap. Preface. Map showing Relation of the Canyons of the Green and Colorado to the Surrounding Country. 015. Alarcon's Ships Struggling With the Great Bore of the Colorado—1540. 026. The Colorado at the Junction of the Gila. 030. Cocopa Tule Raft. 037. Map. The Grand-Marble Canyon Region. 041. The "Hole in the Wall" near Fort Defiance, Arizona. 041. opp. Relief Map of the Grand Canyon Region. 043.