Surveying the Colorado

by Jerry Roberts, posted in ART ~ FILM ~ POP CULTURE, JEROME'S MUSINGS & HAIKU, PHOTOS

In 1871, wild west photographer, Timothy O’Sullivan, photographed Lieutenant George Wheeler and his crew as they were conducting a survey of the Colorado River in Black Canyon. Timothy (the photographer) is the fourth man from the left.

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