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The Black Canyon of the Gunnison
- Title
- The Black Canyon of the Gunnison / Duane Vandenbusche.
- Author
- Vandenbusche, Duane.
- Publication
- Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., ©2009.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | F782.B5 V36 2009 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 127 pages : chiefly illustrations, map; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "The Black Canyon of the Gunnison River is one of the deepest, narrowest, and most inaccessible canyons in the United States. Very few explorers have ever traversed the 53-mile gorge in Gunnison and Montrose Counties. The canyon, one of the nation's wonders, has been the precipitous stage for an exciting history featuring Ute Indians, a narrow-gauge railroad, sensational explorations, and the construction of the Gunnison Tunnel -- the first major Bureau of Reclamation project in history. The Black Canyon became a national monument in 1932 and a national park in 1999. Today it remains a crown jewel of Colorado's Western Slope" -- Covert p. [4].
- Series Statement
- Images of America
- Uniform Title
- Images of America
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Pictorial works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 127).
- Contents
- The beauty of it all -- The Pelton party -- Fellows and Torrence I -- Fellows and Torrence II -- Denver and Rio Grande railroad -- Towns no more -- Gunnison Tunnel I -- Gunnison Tunnel II -- The adventurers -- Potpourri.
- ISBN
- 9780738569192
- 0738569194
- LCCN
- 2009920013
- OCLC
- ocn320804247
- SCSB-9637552
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library