Oversize, from the "Land of the Living Rock"

File — Box: 74

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Scope and Contents

all photos were taken by Crampton, unless otherwise noted

1: Buckskin Gulch, a tributary to the Paria river, on the Utah-Arizona boundary. By A.J. Malmquist
2: Mystic Falls below point Imperial in the Nankoweap Basin, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. By George L. Beck
3: Map drawn by Bernado de Miera y Pacheco in 1778. Map shows the region explored by the Dominguez-Escalante expedition in 1776, and it is the first to portray the Virgin River, Paria river, Little Colorado river, Colorado river, and Marble Canyon
4: Echo Cliffs at the Gap, Arizona. By Parker Hamilton
5: Hikers in the pristine lower Meriwitica Canyon on the Hualapai Plateau, Arizona. By Bill Belknap
6: Arizona strip
7: Joshua Trees near Grand Wash Cliffs, and Jualapai Plateau, Arizona
8: Havasu Creek. By Allen J. Malmquist
9: Grand Falls, Little Colorado, 1916, Arizona. By W. Mendenhall
10: Grand Falls, Little Colorado river. Arizona. By Tad Nichols
11: San Francisco Peaks, Arizona. By John M. Kitchen
12: Spencer Canyon, Hualapai Plateau, Arizona. By Allen Malmquist
13: Navajo home and the Echo Cliffs, Arizona
14: The Coconino Silver Mine, Havasu Canyon, Arizona, 1883. By Ben Wittick
15: Cabin at Paria settlement on Paria river, Utah
16: Lee’s Ferry, Paria river and Plateau, Arizona. By Wayne B. Alcorn
17: Saint Thomas, Nevada. Now under Lake Mead. By Mark Swain
18: E.C. Larue photographing Vasey’s paradise, Arizona during the 1923 survey of the Grand Canyon. By L.R. Freeman
19: Power lines near Hoover Dam, Nevada
20: Mile 224 of Grand Canyon. By Allen J. Malmquist
21: Esplanade river?, Grand Canyon. By Allen J. Malmquist
22: Ancient lava on the wall of Grand Canyon at the mouth of Whitmore Wash, Arizona. By Tad Nichols
23: Grand Canyon below Kanab Creek, Arizona. By Tad Nichols
24: Grand Canyon unidentified area. By Bill Belknap
25: Mescal plant (Agave Utahensis), Twin point, Shivwits Plateau, Arizona
26: Sego Lilies on the Arizona Strip
27: Mouth of Fern Glen Canyon, Grand Canyon. By Robert C. Euler
28: Upper end of Lake Mead at High Water, Arizona. By Weldon Heald
29: Quartermaster Canyon, Arizona. By Bill Belknap
30: Intelligence Tour Bus at Zion National Park
31: Fredrick S. Dellenbaugh, part of Powell’s second expedition. Photograph at Zion National Park, 1929. By George A. Grant
32: U.S.G.S. party starting their trucks by hand crank at Lee’s Ferry, 1921. By E.C. Larue
33: Balanced rocks along Lee’s Ferry road, Echo Cliffs Arizona
34: Sandstone, Zion National Park, Utah. By Tad Nichols
35: Early automobile stuck in the mud near the Grand Canyon
36: Brian Head towers over Cedar Breaks National Monument on the Western rim of the Markagunt Plateau, Utah. By Dan Jones
37: William Cody’s (Buffalo Bill) party at the V.T. Ranch, 1892. 38 Near El Tovar, Grand Canyon, Arizona. By William C. Miller
39: Markagunt, Paunsaugunt, and Aquarius Plateaus from the rim a Bryce Canyon, Utah. By Philip Hyde
40: Cavern at Mile 33, Marble Canyon, Arizona. By Joseph G. Hall
41: Kanab Canyon 5 miles above Colorado, Arizona by Allen Malmquist
42: Valle of Fire, Nevada
43: Aerial view of the Marble platform, Kaibab Plateau, Paria Plateau, Echo Cliffs, Marble Canyon, Highway 89a bridging Marble Canyon. Joe Scherschel of Life Magazine
44: Canyon of the Paria River, Arizona. By Allen J. Malmquist

Dates

1850-1990

Conditions Governing Access

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