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1. Dead Horse Creek

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"Mount at Dead Horse Creek in Grand Canyon east of Glenwood Colo near Hanging Lake, 1914" - caption on verso, Alda Borah. Dead Horse Creek begins high in the mountains above Glenwood Canyon, feeding into the now-infamous Hanging Lake. The creek forks into an east/west at Hanging Lake before meeting the Colorado River at the bottom of the canyon.

2. Hanging Lake

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The log pictured here remains in Hanging Lake today. The crystal clear waters of the lake are still visible in this dated, black and white photograph.

3. Grizzly Creek

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Grizzly Creek begins high in the Flat Tops Wilderness and flows down the wall of Glenwood Canyon to meet the Colorado River. A man stands at center leaning over the water, almost camouflaged in the tone of the photograph.

4. Pitstop before Glenwood

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"Working on car on way to Glenwood" - Alda Borah 1917. Two men are looking under the hood of a car on the narrow dirt road winding through Glenwood Canyon. The drive to Glenwood Springs was an all-day adventure that required a few stops along the way. The body of water in the back would have been the Grand River at the time, later renamed to the Colorado River. In the left background, a utility pole can be seen along the railroad tracks across the...

5. Hanging Lake

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Hanging Lake in Glenwood Canyon, 1917. The lake is now listed as a National Natural Landmark.

6. Waterfalls at Hanging Lake

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Another view of waterfalls at Hanging Lake in Glenwood Canyon, Colorado.

7. Waterfalls at Hanging Lake

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"Falls above Hanging Lake, east of Glenwood Springs, 1918" - Alda Borah. Hanging Lake is located off a steep trail in Glenwood Canyon between Dotsero and Glenwood Springs, Colorado.