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Title: Marvels of the new West : a vivid portrayal of the stupendous marvels in the vast wonderland west of the Missouri River : comprising marvels of nature, marvels of race, marvels of enterprise, marvels of mining, marvels of stock-raising, and marvels of agriculture, graphically and truthfully described
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Thayer, William Makepeace, 1820-1898
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Publisher: Norwich, Conn. : Henry Bill Pub. Co.
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tion, however, is very decided that its remarkable relief isdue to the washing away of the sediments which once surrounded it,and which formed the mold in which it was cast. In no other waycan I imagine its vertical faces of one thousand feet to have beenformed. To-day our course has been southeasterly, continues Captain. MARVELS OF NATURE. 53 Macomb, approaching the southern end of the Nacimiento, througha region much like that of yesterday, except that as we have nowpenetrated deeply into the Middle Crustaceous shales, the surface isless broken, the hills being rounded, with long, gentle slopes; thetimber has become more sparse, the country less picturesque andinviting. We have here a fine view of all the interval between theNacimiento and San Mateo. In the west and northwest, high mesasfill the horizon, forming the line of divide to which I have beforereferred. Around the base of Mount Taylor, extending many milesin every direction, is a plateau of trap, which has apparently flowed
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CABAZON. from this great extinct volcano, covering all the sedimentary rocks inits vicinity. In the open valley of the Puerco stand many pictur-esque trap buttes having a general resemblance to the needles of theSan Juan. Of these the most conspicuous, called by the MexicansCabazon, resembles in its outline a Spanish sombrero, but is ofgigantic dimensions, being at least fifteen hundred feet in height. The reader must bear in mind, as he examines the illustration, thegreat height of this butte. At least fifteen hundred feet! Amonument of rock fifteen hundred feet high, and no art about it —all nature ! 54 MARVELS OF THE NEW WEST. Most resplendent of all are the Painted Columns in this grandcanon, which Button, in his official report to the U. S. Government,describes as belts of brilliant red, yellow, and white, which are in

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