Brown Expedition, 1889 P.1

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Title Brown Expedition, 1889 P.1
File Name 39222001755599.tif
Photo Number No. 10427
Classification 917.911
Creator Nims, F. A.
Date of Photograph June 4, 1889
Date 1889-06-04
Subject The West: Colorado River Exploration
Person Brown, Frank Mason, 1845-1889
Other Subject Brown Expedition; Colorado River; Cataract Canyon; Boats
Spatial Coverage Utah
Description One of the Brown Expedition boats in Cataract Canyon, June 4th, 1889. Photo by: F.A. Nims. Courtesy: Otis Marston. Used in Utah Historical Quarterly, July, 1960.
Comment Frank Mason Brown led an 1889 expedition down the Colorado River to test practicality of building a railroad route. He drowned near the head of the Grand Canyon, and Robert Brewster Stanton took over the expedition. --See "A brief history of Grand Canyon river running," website: http://www.adventuresports.com/wwraft/gcroa/Pages/history.htm
Rights Management Digital Image © 2009 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
Holding Institution Utah State Historical Society
Relation Classified Photograph Collection
Source Size Print Photograph; 6.6 x 4.4 inches
Source Donors Marston, Otis
Type Image
Format image/jpeg
Format Creation Original scanned on Epson Expression 10000 XL and saved as 400 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000 pixels on the long axis. Archival resolution: 2639 x 1745
Scanned By Dave Heyborne
ARK ark:/87278/s6xw4vjw
Setname dha_cp
ID 451047
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6xw4vjw