Breaking the Wilderness / The Story of the Conquest of the Far West, From the Wanderings of Cabeza de Vaca, to the First Descent of the Colorado by Powell, and the Completion of the Union Pacific Railway, With Particular Account of the Exploits of Trappers and Traders

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The Sierra Blanca		Frontispiece
	Blanca Peak, 14,390. Baldy Peak, 14,176. Blanca Peak is the third highest in Colorado.
	The point of view is on Trinchera Creek looking north from an altitude of about 8000 feet. To the left is the San Luis Valley through which flows the Rio Grande, and to the right are the two high passes known as Veta and Sangre de Cristo. The Sierra Blanca forms the southern end of the Sangre de Cristo Range and was one of the great landmarks of the Wilderness.
	Sketch in oils made at the place by F. S. Dellenbaugh.
The Backbone of the Continent		3
	Photograph by R. H. Chapman, U. S. Geol. Survey.
Wilderness of the Upper Missouri		5
	Photograph by R. H. Chapman, U. S. Geol. Survey.
The Yosemite Valley		7
	Photograph by C. C. Pierce & Co.
The Grizzly Giant		9
	Height, 285 feet. Circumference, 93 feet.
	Copyright by C. C. Pierce & Co.
A Wilderness Home		11
	Photograph by R. H. Chapman, U. S. Geol. Survey.
The Mountain Part of the Wilderness		14
	Relief map by E. E. Howell.
No Place for Beaver		15
	Photograph by J. K. Hillers, U. S. Geol. Survey.
Beaver Country		17
	Photograph by J. K. Hillers, U. S. Geol. Survey.
Great Beaver Dam—Grass Lake, 260 Feet Long		19
	From Morgan's American Beaver.
Red Canyon—Green River		20
	Where Ashley went for beaver in 1825.
	Photograph by E. O. Beaman, Colo. Riv. Exp.
Beaver Canal		22
	From Morgan's American Beaver.
Lower Colorado River—Mouth of Gila on Right		23
	Where Pattie trapped beaver in 1826.
	Photograph by Delancy Gill.
Trees Cut by Beavers		26
	From Morgan's American Beaver.
Beaver Trap		29
The Beaver		30
	Copyright, 1901, by Doubleday, Page, & Co.
The Monarch of the Plains		33
	The figure a photograph by C. C. Pierce & Co.
Picture of Buffalo on Cliff Wall, Southern Utah		37
	Pecked drawing, copied by B. L. Young.
The Grand Teton from Jackson's Hole		39
	The buffalo reached this valley by 1824.
	Photograph by W. H. Jackson, U. S. Geol. Survey.
Canyon of Lodore—Green River		41
	Canyons of this character are almost continuous from a few miles below the Union Pacific Railway crossing.
	Photograph by E. O. Beaman, U. S. Colo. Riv. Exp.
Head of Bison Bull		43
	Specimen shot by Theodore Roosevelt, Dec. 17, 1883.
	From Roosevelt's Hunting Trips of a Ranchman.
Buffalo Chase		45
	After Catlin. From Smithsonian Report, 1888.
Character of Buffalo Range in Green River Valley		47
	Photograph by E. O. Beaman, U. S., Colo. Riv. Exp.
Canyon of Desolation—Green River		50
	A barrier to the buffalo's westward movement.
	Photograph by E. O. Beaman, U. S. Colo. Riv. Exp.
Mandan Buffalo Dance		51217
	Near where Escalante went in 1776. Pine Valley Mountain in distance.
	Photograph by F. S. Dellenbaugh.
An Arizona Thistle		220
	Photograph by F. S. Dellenbaugh.
A Full Larder		223
	From Wonderland, 1904, Northern Pacific Railway.
Standing Rocks, Common in the Wilderness		227
	Photograph by F. S. Dellenbaugh.
In the Mountain Wilderness—Vulture Peak		230
	Photograph by R. H. Chapman, U. S. Geol. Survey.
Before Sunrise		231
	From Wonderland, 1904, Northern Pacific Railway.
Green River Valley		233
	Photograph by C. R. Savage.
Arrow Weed in the Yuma Country		236
	Photograph by Delancy Gill.
Red Canyon of Green River		239
	Length, 25 miles. Walls 1800 to 2500 feet high. Average width of water, 250 feet. Ashley was the first white man to pass through this gorge.
Ashley Fall, Red Canyon, Green River		241
	Ashley's name was found on right of the picture on one of the huge fallen rocks, about at the top of the old dead tree.
Lower Falls of the Yellowstone		245
	From Wonderland, 1901, Northern Pacific Railway.
On the Gila River, Arizona		248
	This is the place chosen for the San Carlos irrigation dam.
	Photograph by J. B. Lippincott.
Headwaters of Virgin River		251
	Named Adams River by Jedediah Smith in 1826.
	Photograph by F. S. Dellenbaugh.
Prairie Dogs		254
	From Wonderland, 1901, Northern Pacific Railway.
On the Yuma Desert. A Dying Horse		256
	Photograph by Delancy Gill.
An Old Beaver Haunt		261
	Photograph by F. S. Dellenbaugh.
The Heart of the Sierra		263
	Photograph by Watkins.
A Rose of New Mexico		266
	Photograph by C. C. Pierce & Co.
On the Gila		268
	Photograph by J. B. Lippincott.
Captain Bonneville		271
	A General when this was taken, long after his trapping career.
	Photograph from Montana Historical Society.
"Old Faithful" Geyser, Yellowstone Park		274
	From Wonderland, 1901, Northern Pacific Railway.
Elk in Winter		277
	From Wonderland, Northern Pacific Railway.
In the Sierra Nevada		279
	On the Merced, Yosemite Valley. Walker, 1833, was probably the first white man here.
	Copyright C. C. Pierce & Co.
A Wilderness Waggon Road		282
	Photograph by F. S. Dellenbaugh.
Steamer "Yellowstone" Ascending the Missouri in 1833		285
	From Travels, etc., 1832-3-4, by Maximilian, Prince of Wied, 1843.
	From Wonderland, 1904, Northern Pacific Railway.
Before the Sawmill Comes		289
	Photograph by F. S. Dellenbaugh.
The Great or Lower Fall of the Yellowstone		291
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