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Leich's kayak "Rob Roy" in Blacktail Canyon on the upper Colorado River. Blacktail Canyon has an average fall of 20-30 feet per mile

Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1933, July
Call number: mssMarston papers V001/0027
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