xplorers Column, Cañon de Chelle, Arizona. The shaft is a work of nature, and is about 900 feet in height; base about 70 by 110 feet. It stands near the center of the Cañon, and it is almost impossible to believe that it is not the work of human hands.
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On item: War Department, Corps of Engineers, U.S.A. Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian. Expedition of 1873. 1st. Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, Commanding.
Plate number: No. 23