Sources of the Colorado River - Long's Peak from east side of Flattop

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Title Sources of the Colorado River - Long's Peak from east side of Flattop
Photo Number P1049n1_01_10
Description Photo of the view from Flattop Mountain southeast to Longs Peak. These mountains in Rocky Mountain National Park are among the sources of the Colorado River visited by Harold H. Leich in 1933
Keywords Colorado; Rivers and Lakes; Colorado River
Subject Longs Peak (Colo.)--Photographs; Flattop Mountain (Colo.)--Photographs; Rocky Mountain National Park (Colo.)--Photographs; Mountains--Colorado--Larimer County--Photographs
Additional Information Photos taken during Harold Herbert Leich's attempt to run the Colorado from its source in the Rockies to the sea in 1933. His boat sank in Cataract Canyon, and it took him several days to walk out to civilization. For further information, see Manuscripts ACCN 1973
Spatial Coverage Longs Peak (Colo.); Rocky Mountain National Park(Colo.); Larimer County (Colo.); Colorado
Collection Number and Name P1049 Harold Herbert Leich Photograph Collection
Collection Name Harold Herbert Leich
Relation is Part of Utah River Running Archives
Date 1933
Textual Date 1933
Creator Leich, Harold H.
Original Source N/A
Donated By/Purchased From The collection was donated by Jeffrey R. Leich and Harold M. Leich in September 2002.
Rights
Type Image
ARK ark:/87278/s6805qh9
Setname uum_map_rr
ID 961569
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6805qh9
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