item: #1 of 10 id: 12298 author: Muir, John title: The Grand Cañon of the Colorado date: None words: 7715 flesch: 62 summary: Then, all emerging from dark balsam and pine woods and coming together, they meander through wide, sunny park valleys, and at length enter the great plateau and flow in deep cañons, the beginning of the system culminating in this grand cañon of cañons. Naturally enough, illustrations as to size are sought for among other cañons like or unlike it, with the common result of worse confounding confusion. keywords: angel; cañon; color; colorado; feet; grand; high; light; miles; mountains; plateau; river; rocks; way cache: 12298.txt plain text: 12298.txt item: #2 of 10 id: 12997 author: Patchin, Frank Gee title: The Pony Rider Boys in the Grand Canyon; Or, The Mystery of Bright Angel Gulch date: None words: 49778 flesch: 92 summary: The old man's heart warmed toward Tad Butler in that moment, when Tad, all alone, sought a closer acquaintance with the mystery of the great gash. yelled Tad. Look out! keywords: boys; brown; butler; camp; canyon; chunky; dad; day; eyes; face; feet; good; guide; head; indian; lion; man; mountain; nance; ned; pony; professor; rider; right; rope; stacy; tad; tad butler; time; trail; walter; way; zepplin cache: 12997.txt plain text: 12997.txt item: #3 of 10 id: 13150 author: Kolb, E. L. (Ellsworth Leonardson) title: Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico date: None words: 84836 flesch: 80 summary: There was little water to be found, and in many ways it was just as inhospitable as the canyon. The boats, too, were somewhat unusual in design, having been carefully worked out by Galloway after much experience with the problem, and after building many boats. keywords: boat; camp; canyon; channel; colorado; colorado river; country; creek; current; day; days; distance; emery; end; evening; feet; find; foot; grand; green river; half; home; hour; land; left; line; making; man; men; miles; morning; mountains; near; night; old; picture; place; point; ranch; rapid; red; river; rock; run; sand; section; shore; stream; time; trail; trees; trip; walls; water; waves; way; work cache: 13150.txt plain text: 13150.txt item: #4 of 10 id: 15526 author: Stoddard, John L. (John Lawson) title: John L. Stoddard's Lectures, Vol. 10 (of 10) Southern California; Grand Cañon of the Colorado River; Yellowstone National Park date: None words: 39668 flesch: 68 summary: [Illustration: THE BLACK GROWLER.] Returning from the Black Growler, we halted at a lunch-station, the manager of which is Larry. Beyond this, other mountains rise from the gulf, many of which resemble the Step Pyramid at Sakhara, one of the oldest of the royal sepulchres beside the Nile. keywords: air; angeles; arizona; boiling; california; cañon; city; cliffs; day; desert; distance; earth; fact; feet; fire; geyser; height; illustration; indians; lake; land; life; los; man; men; miles; mountain; nature; new; night; ocean; park; place; region; river; san; santa; sea; southern; summit; sun; time; trees; walls; water; world; years; yellowstone cache: 15526.txt plain text: 15526.txt item: #5 of 10 id: 16889 author: Morrow, Honoré title: The Enchanted Canyon date: None words: 113615 flesch: 90 summary: Mike, let me introduce Mr. Enoch Huntingdon of New York City. It's Enoch Huntingdon! Yes, Frank, it's he, replied Enoch. keywords: abbott; agnew; allen; boss; boy; brown; camp; canyon; che; curly; day; desert; diana; enoch; eyes; face; fire; forrester; fowler; frank; going; good; half; hands; harden; head; huntingdon; jonas; judge; know; left; life; little; long; look; mack; man; men; milton; miss; moment; morning; night; nodded; nucky; president; river; room; rose; seaton; secretary; thought; time; trail; trip; voice; water; way; woman; work; years cache: 16889.txt plain text: 16889.txt item: #6 of 10 id: 18538 author: Smith, Dama Margaret title: I Married a Ranger date: None words: 48903 flesch: 86 summary: We were evidently expected, for when we reached the village the natives all turned out to see and be seen: brown children as innocent of clothing as when they first saw the light; fat, greasy squaws with babies on their backs; old men and women--all stared and gibbered at us. This is White Mountain, Chief Ranger here. keywords: baby; camp; canyon; chief; children; dance; day; days; desert; door; feet; girl; good; grand; head; high; home; hopi; horses; house; indian; left; life; look; man; men; miles; morning; mother; mountain; mule; navajo; new; night; park; people; place; ranger; ride; rim; rock; snake; tell; thought; time; trail; water; way; west; white; winess; women; work; years cache: 18538.txt plain text: 18538.txt item: #7 of 10 id: 19479 author: Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) title: Roughing it De Luxe date: None words: 31867 flesch: 72 summary: Yes, sir; when it comes to fishing, old California lays it over 'em all--she takes the rag right off the bush! There are some hotels that are operated on admirably different lines, and there are abundant opportunities for escaping altogether from hotel life and seeing this Land of the Living Backdrop where it is untainted and unspoiled; where the hills are clothed in green and yellow; where little Spanishy looking towns nestle below the Missions, and the mocking-birds sing, and the real-estate boomer leaps from crag to crag, sounding his flute-like note. keywords: bill; california; cañon; city; climate; coast; country; day; feet; francisco; good; grand; green; half; head; hopi; hotel; illustration; indian; johnny; lady; look; man; morning; mountains; mule; native; new; people; place; point; red; right; rock; round; san; saw; southern; thing; time; toby; trail; way; west; white; world; years cache: 19479.txt plain text: 19479.txt item: #8 of 10 id: 20667 author: Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel title: A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 date: None words: 117931 flesch: 74 summary: On making camp the day suit was spread out on rocks or on a branch of a tree if one were near, or on a bush to dry, and it was generally, though not always, comfortably so, in the morning when it was again put on for the river work. Some new shoes had been sent in to us, but for climbing and walking the rawhide-soled moccasins were excellent and would save our shoes for river work. keywords: andy; beaman; boats; camp; canyon; cap; clem; cliffs; colorado; colorado river; country; creek; crossing; current; day; days; descent; dinner; distance; end; expedition; feet; fire; foot; good; grand; green; half; jack; jacob; jones; kanab; left; let; line; major; men; miles; morning; mountains; mouth; near; night; north; o'clock; party; photograph; place; point; powell; prof; rapid; red; river; rocks; run; saw; snow; spring; steward; time; trail; valley; walls; water; way; west; white; work cache: 20667.txt plain text: 20667.txt item: #9 of 10 id: 21841 author: Carson, James, Captain title: The Saddle Boys in the Grand Canyon; or, The Hermit of the Cave date: None words: 46854 flesch: 85 summary: TURNING THE TABLES--CONCLUSION 195 THE SADDLE BOYS IN THE GRAND CANYON CHAPTER I THE WORK OF THE WOLF PACK Hold up, Bob! Any signs of the lame yearling, Frank? Well, there seems to be something over yonder to the west; but the sage crops up, and interferes a little with my view. When he came to the new country where his father was interested with Frank's in mining ventures, Bob had brought his favorite Kentucky horse, a coal-black stallion known as Domino, and which vied with Frank's native Buckskin in good qualities. keywords: abajo; bob; boys; canyon; cave; charley; chum; cliff; day; eugene; eyes; face; find; frank; going; good; half; hand; hank; head; know; look; man; moqui; paper; place; professor; ranch; right; rock; saddle; tell; think; time; way cache: 21841.txt plain text: 21841.txt item: #10 of 10 id: 33210 author: Roosevelt, Wyn title: The Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon; Or, A Search for Treasure date: None words: 50237 flesch: 92 summary: How are you now, Jo? yelled Jim, anxiously. Then I saw Jim step back a ways, and with a short run, he made the leap across. keywords: apaches; boat; boys; camp; canyon; captain; colorado; current; day; feet; fire; good; head; horses; indians; jim; juarez; look; miles; place; ponies; right; river; rock; saw; time; tom; trail; wall; water; way; work cache: 33210.txt plain text: 33210.txt