The River Knows Everything The River Knows Everything

The River Knows Everything

Desolation Canyon and the Green

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Publisher Description

Desolation Canyon is one of the West’s wild treasures. Visitors come to study, explore, run the river, and hike a canyon that is deeper at its deepest than the Grand Canyon, better preserved than most of the Colorado River system, and full of eye-catching geology-castellated ridges, dramatic walls, slickrock formations, and lovely beaches. Rafting the river, one may see wild horses, blue herons, bighorn sheep, and possibly a black bear. Signs of previous people include the newsworthy, well-preserved Fremont Indian ruins along Range Creek and rock art panels of Nine Mile Canyon, both Desolation Canyon tributaries. Historic Utes also pecked rock art, including images of graceful horses and lively locomotives, in the upper canyon. Remote and difficult to access, Desolation has a surprisingly lively history. Cattle and sheep herding, moonshine, prospecting, and hideaways brought a surprising number of settlers--ranchers, outlaws, and recluses--to the canyon.

GENRE
History
RELEASED
2009
April 20
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
246
Pages
PUBLISHER
Utah State University Press
SELLER
Chicago Distribution Center
SIZE
56.9
MB
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