"Away
to the south the Uinta Mountains stretch in
a long line, high peaks thrust into the sky,
and snow fields glittering like lakes of molten
silver, and pine forests in somber green, and
rosy clouds playing around the borders of huge,
black masses; and heights and clouds and mountains
and snow fields and forests and rocklands are
blended into one grand view."
Quote from The Exploration of
the Colorado River and Its Canyons,
by John Wesley Powell, 1869 New York; Dover
Publications, 1961.
Originally published in 1875.
