Antique Illustrated Book the Crest of the Continent by Ernest Ingersoll C1885
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Vintage illustrated book "The Crest of the Continent: A Record of A Summers Ramble in the Rocky Mountains and Beyond" by Ernest Ingersoll, copyright 1885.
344 pages. Measures 8.5 inches tall, 6 inches wide.
Contents:
At the Base of the Rockies, Along the Foothills, A Mountain Spa, Pueblo and its Furnaces, Over the Sangre De Cristo, San Luis Park, The Invasion of New Mexico, El Mexicano Y Puebloano, Santa Fe and the Sacred Valley, Toltec Gorge, Along the Southern Border, The Queen of the Canyons, Silver San Juan, Beyond the Ranges, The Antiquities of the Rio San Juan, On the Upper Rio Grande, El Moro and Canyon City, The Wet Mountain Valley, The Royal Gorge, The Arkansas Valley, Camp of the Carbonates, Across the Tennessee and Fremonts Pass, From Poncho Springs to Villa Grove, Through Marshall Pass, Gunnison and Crested Butte, A Trip to Lake City, Impressions of the Black Canyon, The Uncompahgre Valley, Ouray and Red Mountain, Montrose and Delta, The Grand River Valley, The Colorado Canyons, Crossing the Wasatch, By Utah Lakes, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake and the Wasatch, Au Revoir
Illustrations include:
Garfield Peak, Denver, Depot at Palmer Lake, Phoebes Arch, Monument Park, In Queens Canyon, Cheyenne Falls, In North Cheyenne Canyon, A Glimpse of Manitou and Pikes Peak, The Mineral Springs, Pikes Peak Trail, Rainbow Falls, Garden of the Gods, Entrance to Cave of the Winds, Alabaster Hall, Veta Pass, Crest of Veta Mountains, Spanish Peaks from Veta Pass, Sangre De Cristo Summits, Sierra Blanca, Ojo Caliente, Embudo Rio Grande Valley, New Mexican Life, A Patriarch, Maid and Matron, Old Church of San Juan, Pueblo de Taos, Phantom Curve, Phantom Rocks, In Memoriam, Toltec Gorge, Eva Cliff, Garfield Memorial, Near the Pinos Chama Summit, Chiefs of the Southern Utes, Canyon of the Rio De Las Animas, On the River of Lost Souls, Animas Canyon and the Needles, Silverton and Sultan Mountain, Cliff Dwellings, Wagon Wheel Gap, up the Rio Grande, Grape Creek Canyon, Grand Canyon of the Arkansas, The Royal Gorge, Browns Canyon, Twin Lakes, The Old Route to Leadville, The Shaft House, Bottom of the Shaft, Athwart an Incline, The Jig Drill, Fremont Pass, Cascades of the Blue, Mount of the Holy Cross, Marshall Pass Eastern Slope, Marshall Pass Western Slope, Crested Butte Mountain and Lake, Ruby Falls, Approach to the Black Canyon, Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Currecanti Needle Black Canyon, A Ute Council Fire, Ouray, Gate of Lodore, Winnies Grotto, Echo Rock, Gunnisons Butte, Buttes of the Cross, Marble Canyon, Grand Canyon of the Colorado, Grand Canyon from To Ro Wasp, Exploring the Walls, Castle Gate, In Spanish Fork Canyon, Tramway in Little Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake City, Mormon Temple Tavernacle and Assembly Hall, Great Salt Lake
Condition: Wear and cracking/chipping of paper on interior cover in spine area, pencil writing on first page, nice clean pages, fold out map, covers are in amazing condition with gilding and embossing, few scrapes. See pictures.
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