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Mail boat FLORENCE sailing through the Upper Cottonwood Rapids, Snake River, Idaho, ca. 1945
Mail boat FLORENCE sailing through the Upper Cottonwood Rapids, Snake River, Idaho, ca. 1945
TitleMail boat FLORENCE sailing through the Upper Cottonwood Rapids, Snake River, Idaho, ca. 1945
PhotographerGrand, William
Dateca. 1945
NotesHandwritten on verso: Upper Cottonwood Rapids contrast this with same view taken from higher up on hillside. It took McGrady about 45 min to "feel his way" thru this part."

Printed on verso: Sides of canyon get steeper. The mail boat keeps right on moving up the river-more rapids. The rock walls get higher. Some of them slope up to 1500 or 2000 feet at the apparent summits. Some of the walls are sheer for a few hundred feet; others have a 30 to 40 degree slope. Primitive areas on both sides of Hell's Canyon are unspoiled as yet by civilization.

PH Coll 773.25
Contextual NotesThe ninety-five mile river mail route down Snake River runs from Lewiston to Johnson's Bar in Idaho and is known for being full of rapids. The tradition of the River Route began in 1926 when Captain Ed MacFarlane was awarded the first mail contract and it is still operational today.
Subjects (LCTGM)Mail steamers--Idaho; Rivers-Idaho; Rapids--Idaho
Subjects (LCSH)Florence (Packet); Packets--Idaho; Snake River, South Fork (Idaho)
Location DepictedUnited States--Idaho
Digital CollectionAlaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
Order NumberAWC3331
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RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
Repository CollectionWilliam Grand Photographs of the Snake River Mail Boat Route. PH Coll 773
Object TypePhotograph
Physical Description8 x 10 in.
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2008.
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