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Looking southwest to mouth of Separation Canyon and Colorado River. The beach on the far side of the river is the campsite of the Powell party of 1869, Aug

Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1954, Mar. 14
Call number: mssMarston papers V097/0086
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