Titan of Chasms

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Excerpt from Titan of Chasms: The Grand Canyon of Arizona, The Scientific Explorer by J. W. Powell, The Greatest Thing in the World by Chas F. Lummis, Information for TouristThe Colorado is one of the great rivers of North America. Formed in Southern Utah by the con¿uence of the Green and Grand, it intersects the northwestern corner of Arizona, and, becoming the eastern boundary of Nevada and California, ¿ows southward until it reaches tidewater in the Gulf of California, Mexico. It drains a territory of square miles, and, traced back to the rise of its principal source, is miles long. At two points, Needles and Yuma on the California boundary, it is crossed by a rail road. Elsewhere its course lies far from Caucasian settlements and far from the routes of common travel, in the heart of a vast region fenced on the one hand by arid plains or deep forests and on the other by formidable mountains.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.