William H. Bell (American, 1830-1910)
The mouth of Kanab Creek. The beds of the Colorado River and its tributary here lie in gorges cut by the running water to the depth of about 3.500 feet below the general surgace of the country. The highest point seen in the picture is 2.500 feet above the water, and the walls are here too steep to be scaled, No. 10 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
1872
Captured during Wheeler's geological survey of the American West, this stereo albumen print documents the dramatic scale and geological complexity of Kanab Creek's confluence with the Colorado River, with walls rising 2,500 feet above the water in terrain too treacherous to climb.
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- Albumen print, stereo
More by William H. Bell (American, 1830-1910)
The Cañon of Kanab Creek, near its junction with the Grand Cañon of the Colorado. In the foreground is a dripping spring affording a shower bath. Temperature, 69° Fahr, No. 8 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
1872
"The Bath," a dripping spring in Kanab Cañon. Temperature, 69° Fahr, No. 9 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
1872
Mouth of the Paria, Colorado River; walls 2.100 feet in height, No. 11 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"
1872
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