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Aboriginal life, Navajo Country, Old Fort Defiance, Ariz.

Aboriginal life in the Navajo Country near Old Fort Defiance, Ariz. (From a photograph by T.H. O'Sullivan). 1873. U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian. (1889)
who: (O'Sullivan, T. H.; Wheeler, G.M.); U.S.; Wheeler, G.M. what: Indians; Exploration Book; View when: 1889 where: Fort Defiance (Ariz.); Arizona

Black Canon of the Colorado River, from Mirror Bar. 1871. U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian. (1889)
who: (Wheeler, G.M.); U.S.; Wheeler, G.M. what: Exploration Book; View when: 1889 where: Arizona; Nevada; Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.)

Black Canon, Colorado River, from Camp 8, looking above. 1871. U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian. (1889)
who: (O'Sullivan, T. H.; Wheeler, G.M.); U.S.; Wheeler, G.M. what: Exploration Book; View when: 1889 where: Arizona; Nevada; Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.)

Colorado River party reaching mouth of Diamond Creek. 1871. U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian. (1889)
who: (O'Sullivan, T. H.; Wheeler, G.M.); U.S.; Wheeler, G.M. what: Exploration Book; View when: 1889 where: Arizona; Grand Canyon (Ariz.)

Cooley's Park, Sierra Blanca Range, near Camp Apache, Arizona. 1873. (From a photograph by T.H. O'Sullivan). U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian. (1889)
who: (O'Sullivan, T. H.; Wheeler, G.M.); U.S.; Wheeler, G.M. what: Exploration Book; View when: 1889 where: Arizona; Navajo County (Ariz.); Fort Apache Region (Ariz.)

Crossing, Colorado River near Paria Creek.

Crossing of the Colorado River near mouth of Paria Creek. Eastern edge of the Grand Canon in the distance. (Sketched by Gilbert Thompson). 1873. U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian. (1889)
who: (Thompson, Gilbert; Wheeler, G.M.); U.S.; Wheeler, G.M. what: Indians; Exploration Book; View when: 1889 where: Utah; Arizona; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Paria River (Utah and Ariz.)

Dripping Pool, Kanab Canyon, near the Colorado. 1872. U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian. Sinclair & Son. (1889)
who: (Wheeler, G.M.); U.S.; Sinclair & Son; Wheeler, G.M. what: Exploration Book; View when: 1889 where: Utah; Arizona; Kanab Creek (Utah and Ariz.)

Grand Canon of the Colorado River, near mouth of the Kanab Wash, looking east. 1872. U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian. (1889)
who: (Wheeler, G.M.); U.S.; Wheeler, G.M. what: Exploration Book; View when: 1889 where: Arizona; Grand Canyon (Ariz.)

Grand Canon of the Colorado, near Paria Creek, looking east. 1872. U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian. (1889)
who: (Wheeler, G.M.); U.S.; Wheeler, G.M. what: Exploration Book; View when: 1889 where: Arizona; Grand Canyon (Ariz.)

Maimun--a Mohave Indian of the river party. 1871. U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian. (1889)
who: (Wheeler, G.M.); U.S.; Wheeler, G.M. what: Indians; Exploration Book; View when: 1889 where: Arizona; Nevada; Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.)

Map, river and land parties, exploring Grand Canon of the Colorado.

Map showing routes of the river and land parties engaged in exploring the Grand Canon of the Colorado. Under the command of 1st. Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army. 1871. P.W. Hamel and L. Nell, topographers. Issued Feb. 4th 1878. The Graphic Co. Photo-Lith., 30 & 41 Park Place, N.Y. Weyss, Thompson & Lang del. By order of the Honorable the Secretary of War. Under the direction of Brig. Gen. A.A. Humphreys, Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army. (in upper margin:) United States Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian. (1889)
who: Wheeler, G.M.; Hamel, P. W.; Nell, Louis; U.S.; Graphic Co. Photo-Lith.; Weyss, John E.; Thompson, Gilbert; Lang what: Exploration Book; Atlas Map when: 1889 where: Arizona; Grand Canyon (Ariz.)

Mouth of the Lower Grand Canon of the Colorado River. 1871. U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian. (1889)
who: (Wheeler, G.M.); U.S.; Wheeler, G.M. what: Exploration Book; View when: 1889 where: Arizona; Grand Canyon (Ariz.)

Sandstone walls in Canon de Chelle, N.M. Camp Beauty 1873. (Reproduction from a photograph by T.H. O'Sullivan). U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian. (1889)
who: (O'Sullivan, T. H.; Wheeler, G.M.); U.S.; Wheeler, G.M. what: Exploration Book; View when: 1889 where: Arizona; Chelly, Canyon de (Ariz.)

The start of the river party from Camp Mohave, Arizona. Explorations of 1871. U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian. (1889)
who: (Wheeler, G.M.); U.S.; Wheeler, G.M. what: Exploration Book; View when: 1889 where: Fort Mojave (Ariz.); Arizona

View looking south into the Grand Canon of the Colorado, from Sheavwitz Crossing. 1872. U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian. (1889)
who: (Wheeler, G.M.); U.S.; Wheeler, G.M. what: Exploration Book; View when: 1889 where: Arizona; Grand Canyon (Ariz.)

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