.... 278

The granite gorge near Bright Angel Trail....................... 282

The Grand Canyon from the head of Bright Angel Trail............ 286

The Cork Screw: lower end of Bright Angel Trail................. 290

Zoroaster Temple from the end of Bright Angel Trail............. 298

Winter in the Grand Canyon from the Rim......................... 308

Winter in the Grand Canyon at the River......................... 308

A vaquero in the making......................................... 318

Cliff swallows' nests. Found from Wyoming to Mexico............. 318

Steam vents beside Volcanic Lake................................ 326

Cocopah Mountain, Mexico........................................ 326

Ten miles from the Gulf of California. Coming up on a
twenty-foot tide.............................................. 332

Sunset on the lower Colorado River.............................. 332

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THROUGH THE GRAND CANYON FROM WYOMING TO MEXICO

CHAPTER I

PREPARATIONS AT GREEN RIVER CITY, WYOMING

Early in September of 1911 my brother Emery and I landed in Green
River City, Wyoming, ready for the launching of our boats on our
long-planned trip down the Green and Colorado rivers.

For ten years previous to this time we had lived at the Grand Canyon
of Arizona, following the work of scenic photography. In a general way
we had covered much of the country adjacent to our home, following our
pack animals over ancient and little-used trails, climbing the walls
of tributary canyons, dropping over the ledges with ropes when
necessary, always in search of the interesting and unusual.

After ten years of such work many of our plans in connection with a
pictorial exploration of the Grand Canyon were crowned with success.
Yet all the while our real ambition remained unsatisfied.

We wanted to make the "Big Trip"--as we called it; in other words, we
wanted a pictorial record of the entire series of canyons on the Green
and Colorado rivers.

The time had come at last, after years of hoping, after long months of
active preparation.

We stood at the freight window of the station at Green River City
asking for news of our boats. They had arrived and could be seen in
their crates shoved away in a corner. It was too late to do anything
with them that day; so we let them remain where they were, and went
out to look over the town.

Green River City proved to be a busy little place nois