The Romance of the Colorado River
Reading edition
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.
by Frederick S. Dellenbaugh
Member of the United States Colorado River Expedition of 1871 and 1872
“No sluggish tide congenial to the glooms: This, as it frothed by, might have been a bath For the fiend’s glowing hoof——” Browning
To my friends and comrades of the Colorado River Expedition of 1871 and 1872 in grateful remembrance.
Looking up the Bright Angel Trail. This is one of the modern trails into the Grand Canyon, which at this point is some 6000 feet deep. From water-color sketch by Thomas Moran, N.A.