Plate 260

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Title Plate 260
Alternative Title Salt Creek Canyon, composite sketch and photograph
Description Juxtaposition of a sketch of the view northward from Pine Creek Mesa including the mouth of Salt Creek, where it enters Blue Mesa Reservoir across from Lake Fork, drawn by Richard H. Kern during the Gunnison expedition on September 10, 1853, and a recent photograph by Robert Shlaer from approximately the same place.
Date 1853-09-10
Is Part of http://www.kernsketches.com
Creator Kern, Richard H., 1821-1853; Shlaer, Robert
Publisher Boxelder Books, an imprint of the University of Utah Press
Spatial Coverage Blue Mesa Reservoir, Gunnison County, Colorado, United States; Curicanti National Recreation Area, Colorado, United States; Gunnison River, Gunnison County, Colorado, United States
Subject Landforms--Colorado--Gunnison County--Art; Gunnison River Valley (Colo.)--Art; Gunnison County (Colo.)--Art; Pacific railroads--Explorations and surveys--Art; Blue Mesa Reservoir (Colo.)--Photographs; Curecanti National Recreation Area (Colo.)--Photographs; Gunnison River Valley (Colo.)--Photographs; Gunnison County (Colo.)--Photographs
Photo Number 260
Setname uu_rkfws
ID 1697967
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6965h0g
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