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The start from Camp Mojave, Arizona. Boat expedition under Lieut. Wheeler, the first and only one to ascend the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon to the mouth of Diamond Creek. Note ferry in foreground which appears to have a rig for a sail

Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1871, Sep. 15
Call number: mssMarston papers V103/0082
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