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Contains 12 Results:

Sources of the Colorado River, 1933

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents 1: Lakelet at summit of La Poudre Pass, on Continental Divide. This lake drains from the north end into the Atlantic watershed & trickles from the south end into the Pacific. 2: Lake City Bold mining camp on north fork Colorado River 3: In the North Fork country 4: North Fork valley 5: A glade in the North Fork country 6: Never...
Dates: 1933

Grand Lake

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents 1: [ROB ROY on Grand Lake] 2: [Grand Lake] 3: Grand Lake, Colo. Elev. 8369. This picture taken while 2 children were drowning at upper end of lake. 4: Gr[and] Lake 5: Grand Lake at sunset 6-7: [near Grand Lake outlet] 8: First whitewater on the Colorado [below Grand Lake outlet] 9: Colo. River in...
Dates: 1933

Above Granby to above Byers Canyon

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents 1: Colorado River above Columbine Cr[eek] (2 copies) 2: Above the Arapaho Bridge. River drops 85 feet in a mile, but made this without portage or lining, bumping down through. 3: Colorado River above the Arapaho 4: Colo. R. Near Sleepy Hollow above S[outh] Fork (2 copies) 5: Below Sleepy Hollow, near Trout Rapids (2 copies) 6:...
Dates: 1933

Byers Canyon

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents 1: Upper Falls in Byers Canyon 2: Easing down a bad stretch in Byers Canyon 3: Hard, fast water in Byers Canyon 4: Byers Canyon 5: Byers Canyon. Lining boat under big rock on r[ight]. 6: The worst stretch in Byers Canyon. Lined about 80 yards, ran rest. 7: Lining boat around falls in Byers Canyon ...
Dates: 1933

Gore Canyon

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents 1: [near Blue River] 2: Blue River entering Colo. at Kremmling [Colorado]. River backed up by rocks at head of Gore Canyon, 6 mi. downstream. 3: [near Blue River] 4: Looking into Gore Canyon, near Kremmling [Colorado] 5: Section of easy riffle near head of Gore Canyon 6: Bad fall in Gore Canyon. Portaged 50 feet around this. ...
Dates: 1933

Rouge Canyon

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents 1: Fast, rock-free run below Catamount Cr[eek]. Typical of hundreds of riffles along the upper river - wonderful sport. 2: [Rouge Canyon] 3: White water in Rouge Canyon. Easy, splashy going. No rocks. 4: [Rouge Canyon] 5: Placer crew near Yarmony. Pop Richardson r., Howard Tweed lower left. 6: Throwing gravel into sluice box placer...
Dates: 1933

Glenwood Canyon

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents 1: Spillway at power plant in Glenwood Canyon. Put boat in here after 22 mile carry from dam headgate around falls. 2: A nasty fall in Glenwood canyon- 1 mile below power plant, nearly swamped. 3: Cottonwood Falls, Glenwood Canyon. River drops 100 feet to [a] mile. Portaged 22 miles. 4: Glenwood Springs, Colorado 5: Glenwood Springs, Colo. U.S.G.S....
Dates: 1933

Horsethief Canyon

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
  1. 1: Last farm in Grand Valley, near Fruita, Colo., before entering Horsethief Canyon.
  2. 2: Where Colo. R[iver] enters Utah. Boat with prospectors-Sims and Fortune-teken from Utaline camp site.
  3. 3: Horsethief Canyon, Colo
  4. 4: Lower end of Horsethief Canyon
Dates: 1933

Westwater Canyon

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents 1: High sandstone cliff at entrance of Westwater Canyon, below Westwater, Utah. 2: Below the Little Hole in Westwater Canyon (3 copies) 3: Westwater Canyon, Utah 4: [camp in Westwater Canyon, Utah?] 5: Westwater Canyon, Utah 6: La Sal [mountain] range from Colo. River below Cisco, Utah 7: The "Dirty Devil" at Cisco...
Dates: 1933

Cataract Canyon

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents 1: A nasty spot in Cataract Canyon. Many rocks exposed because of low water. 2: High waves in Cataract Canyon. Water blurred although I shot this at 1/100th of a second. 3: Below a fast stretch of water in Cataract Canyon, Utah. The pinnacles topping the 1500-foot wall show what this region was called the Land of Standing Rocks by the Ute Indians. 4: A nest of...
Dates: 1933