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The Rescue at Echo Rock. John Wesley Powell and G.Y. Bradley in drawing. Moffat County, Colorado.1869.

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1869-06-18

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Typed information on back of photograph: The Rescue. Line draing from Canyons of the Colorado by John Wesley Powell. 1875. Excerpt from page 168-169 about drawing, "I find I can get up no farther and cannot step back, for I dare not let go with my hand and cannot reach foothold below without. I call to Bradley for help. He finds a way by which he can get to the top of the rock over my head, but cannot reach me. Then he looks around for some stick or limb of a tree, but finds none. Then he suggest that he would better help me with the barometer case, but I fear I cannot hold on to it. The moment is critical. Standing on my toes, my muscles begin to tremble. It is sixty or eighty feet to the foot of the precipice. If I lose my hold [...]

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Available in the U.S. Geological Survey Denver Library Photographic Collection, 2012 DENPH0125, John Wesley Powell Centennial Exploration Collection.

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