Apache Trail the wonder trip through oldest America
Scope and Contents
Album contains views of the Apache Trail, Tonto National Monument, and Roosevelt Dam and lake.
Dates
- 1916
Language of Materials
Material is in English unless otherwise noted.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is retained by the author of the items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Biographical / Historical
This album was available on Southern Pacific trains on the "Sunset Route." It was used to promote a tour between Maricopa and Bowie, Arizona, via the Arizona Eastern Railroad and automobile.
Extent
1 photo box
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source: unknown.
General
Cover title.
General
Printed introduction to the album gives an overview of the Apache Trail.
General
All photographs taken by H.C. Tibbits for the Southern Pacific Railroad Company.
General
Formerly PAFI Album #181
General
The items in this album are cataloged and digitized.
Table of Contents
The eastern entrance to the Apache Trail is through the Pinal Mountains -- These cliff dwellings are preserved to posterity as Tonto National Monument -- An Apache wickiup on the shores of beautiful Roosevelt Lake -- Roosevelt Dam is one of the greatest engineering works of the age -- The walls of Fish Creek Canyon lift a thousand feet in sheer ascent -- Looking deep into the deep cleft of Canyon Diablo -- Mormon Flat, where the Salt River issues from its narrow gorge -- The Little Alps, near Government Wells, on the Apache Trail -- Four Peaks, in the Mazatzal Range, from the base of Superstition Mountain -- Eleven-span bridge across the Salt River at Tempe, Arizona.
Processing Information
Leather album cover has some wear.
- Apache Trail (Ariz.) -- History -- Pictorial works. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Arizona -- History -- Pictorial works. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photograph albums Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Photographic prints. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Theodore Roosevelt Dam (Ariz.) -- History -- Pictorial works. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tourism -- Arizona -- History -- Pictorial works. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Apache Trail the wonder trip through oldest America[graphic] /Southern Pacific Lines
- Author
- Finding Aid prepared from MARC data.
- Description rules
- Anglo American Cataloguing Rules
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy Repository
