Rights for this book: Public domain in the USA. This edition is published by Project Gutenberg. Originally issued by Project Gutenberg on 2003-08-01. To support the work of Project Gutenberg, visit their Donation Page. This free ebook has been produced by GITenberg, a program of the Free Ebook Foundation. If you have corrections or improvements to make to this ebook, or you want to use the source files for this ebook, visit the book's github repository. You can support the work of the Free Ebook Foundation at their Contributors Page. 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: August, 2003 [Etext #4316] Last Updated: November 17, 2012 Language: English *** 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 CONTENTS PREFACE ILLUSTRATIONS NOTE ON THE AUTHOR'S ITINERARY DETAILED CONTENTS THE ROMANCE OF THE COLORADO RIVER CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV EPILOGUE APPENDIX 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. Looking Down Upon Glen Canyon. 052. Gray's Peak, Torrey's Peak. 055. Outline Sketch of the Grand Canyon from Point Sublime. 057. Profile of the Colorado Through the Grand Canyon. 079. Across the House Tops of Zuni. 081. Ruin Called Casa Grande, Arizona. 083. In the Grand Canyon. Kolb Expedition 1911. 093. In the Moki Town of Mishongnuvi, Arizona.