Joseph Christmas Ives wrote 51 letters to his wife in NY, Cora Semmes Ives (photo above from 1870), from steam boats, river banks, western forts and camp sites on his expedition which produced the first map of the Grand Canyon, the first geological cross section of the canyon and the first illustrations of the river and the canyon. Many of these letters were carried by foot by Mohave Indians for 100 to 200 miles to Ft. Yuma. Selections from some of these letters will be read along with illustrations from the expedition.
Presented by Jerry Snow.