# COLORADO PLATEAU, GRAND CANYON OF THE COLORADO RIVER

COLORADO PLATEAU, GRAND CANYON OF THE COLORADO RIVER Produced: 1919 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “The rock layers on the granite are 300 feet in thickness and the Tower of Set is 2,000 feet above the edge of the Granite Gorge.” View of canyon. “Temples as large as mountains have been carved from the many colored rock layers. Zoroaster Temple from the rim.” Natural rock formations. “Mesa-like masses have been left more than 1,000 feet high as the rocks were worn away.” View of huge butte. “Isis Temple is three thousand feet high and stands on platform north of the Granite Gorge.” View of temple in background. “‘The Colorado Canyon. It is beyond comparison -- beyond description; absolutely unparalleled throughout the wide world.’ Theodore Roosevelt.” “Grand Canyon is one of the world’s wonders. It inspires the artist and the writer. The Indians worshipped it. We marvel at this glimpse of the earth’s history.” Views of the canyon. “The End.” “Ford Educational Library.” “The tiny white line is the trail nearly 2,000 feet below.” Looking down into the canyon. “It is a half-day’s ride to the bottom of this great canyon. The river flows with great velocity. How wide is it?” Horse and rider going down trail - river. “The rushing water is colored deep brown from the mud it carries. It is not fit to drink. There are no fish here. Note the large boulders. The river uses them to cut its bed.” Rushing river. “The…

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1919
- By: National Archives
- Genres: Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/fc-fc-352)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
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