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Title from item.; On item: War Department, Corps of Engineers, U.S.A. Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian. Expedition of 1872. 1st. Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, Commanding.; Plate number: No. 10; Purchased 1972, Rinehart; 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 surface 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.</div>
1875<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1875-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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