The mouth of Kanab Creek
Photograph
The mouth of Kanab Creek
From "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian. Expedition of 1872."
1872
Albumen silver print
9.3 x 7.5 cm. (each) on 10.1 x 17.8 cm. mount
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company
1981.6073.0003
Inscriptions mount recto-(printed) "Expedition of 1872." "1st Lieut. Geo. M.
Wheeler, Corps of Engineers Commanding."
mount verso-(printed) "War Department. Corps of Engineers, U.S.A."
"Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian."
"No. 10" "Wm. Bell, Photo" "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."
Wheeler, Corps of Engineers Commanding."
mount verso-(printed) "War Department. Corps of Engineers, U.S.A."
"Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian."
"No. 10" "Wm. Bell, Photo" "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."
