Escalante canyon country: slot canyon

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Title Escalante canyon country: slot canyon
Photo Number P1194n01_04_109
Description Color slide image of varnish-covered sandstone walls in a canyon or alcove in the Escalante River canyon country (possibly at the "Cathedral of the Desert"). Waldo Ruess joined a tour of the area led by Ken Sleight in May of 1964, looking for traces of his brother, Everett Ruess, who disappeared in the area in 1934.
Creator Ruess, Waldo, 1909-2007
Date 1964-05
Textual Date May 1964
Keywords Canyons; Landforms; Sandstone
Subject Escalante River Region (Utah)--Photographs; Canyons--Utah--Kane County--Photographs; Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (Utah)--Photographs
Spatial Coverage Davis Gulch (Utah); Escalante River Region (Utah); Kane County (Utah); Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (Utah)
Collection Number and Name P1194 Everett Ruess Family Photograph Collection
Collection Name Everett Ruess Family
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Type Image
ARK ark:/87278/s6k97qhz
Setname uum_map
ID 1428081
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k97qhz
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