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“Purple Hill Pass, View Toward the North”, 1858, call #1988-1-9_s. (Möllhausen image/Courtesy Amon Carter Museum)

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In January 1858, Lt. Joseph Ives set out from Yuma in the steamship Explorer to determine how far boats could go upriver on the mighty Colorado.

By Dave Lewis, Special to the Courier March 16, 2019