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111. Shepperds Dell on Columbia River Highway
Shepperds Dell on Columbia River Highway
Description
This is one of the principal scenic attractions on the famous Highway. The property was presented to the people of Oregon by the owner, George Shepperd, as a memorial to his wife. Although a poor man, Mr. Shepperd refused attractive cash offers from persons who wished to commercialize the beauty of the place.
112. Anna Creek Canyon
Anna Creek Canyon
Description
Anna Creek is fed by springs on the outside of the walls of Crater Lake. The Klamath Falls Crater Lake Road follows this canyon for a distance of about 16 miles in the Park.
113. Hornister Crag
Hornister Crag
Description
"West of Lake Thirlmere and south of Lake Derwent, or Derwentwater, rises a steep hill 1190 feet in height, shown in this picture, reaching 560 feet farther toward the heavens."
114. Oneonta Gorge
Oneonta Gorge
Description
A little farther on a deep, narrow gorge between two cliffs has been cut deep in the rocks by a tiny stream. Several hundred feet up the gorge is Oneonta Falls almost concealed by the irregular moss covered walls of the gorge.
115. Colorado Canyon, Arizona
Colorado Canyon, Arizona
Description
The Grand Canyon of the Colorado is "one of the most stupendous natural wonders of the globe." In its middle course the river had entrenched itself in a great plateau with a canyon 250 miles long and from 4,000 to 6,000 feet deep. If ten columns the size of the Washingston Monument were place one upon the other, rising from the stream level, they would not quite reach the elevation of the rim of the canyon, If all of Mt. Washington above sea level could be placed in this gorge, its summit would rise only a few feet above the rim. From the rim of the gorge the river at the bottom of the canyon appears no larger than a tiny brook. In our view we are a thousand feet below the level plateau top. It is inspiring to think that that little streamm, only a few hundred feet in width has cut this trench through the rocks, and carried away to the sea all these cubic miles of rock. The strata at the top are carboniferous. At the bottom it is sawing away on the old granite core of the continent. In its most magnificent portion the canyon is from 10 to 12 miles wide, and yet in the clear, dry air of the desert, the farther wall appears to be much less than a mile away. The canyon is perhaps most remarkable for its coloring and for the great variety in the rock formations. Each layer of rock has some distinctive shade. There are bands of red, green, brown, and gray. One layer, about 500 feet thick, has a brilliant red color; this layer is so situated that it may be seen from any point on the rim.
116. Sacramento Canyon, California
Sacramento Canyon, California
117. Fish Creek Canyon, Apache Trail, Arizona
Fish Creek Canyon, Apache Trail, Arizona
118. Deschutes Canyon
Deschutes Canyon
119. Deschutes Canyon
Deschutes Canyon
120. Looking down the Deschutes River below Maupin, Oregon
Looking down the Deschutes River below Maupin, Oregon
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