Adventures in the Canyons of the Colorado, by Two of Its Earliest Explorers'Adventures in the Canyons of the Colorado' is a riveting firsthand account of the discovery of the Grand Canyon by William Wallace Bass, a miner who opened a tent house campground in 1890. |
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