Painting by Thomas Moran, 1895, "Avalanche in Cottonwood Canyon that Destroyed Alta in 1878"

Item

Title

Painting by Thomas Moran, 1895, "Avalanche in Cottonwood Canyon that Destroyed Alta in 1878"

Description

Copy of an 1885 painting by Thomas Moran depicting the avalanche that destroyed Alta, Utah in the 1880s

Date

1878

Spatial Coverage

Alta (Utah); Little Cottonwood Canyon (Salt Lake County, Utah); Salt Lake County (Utah)

Subject

Avalanches--Utah--Alta--Photographs; Alta (Utah)--Photographs

Digital Item or Finding Aid

https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s62z1rr4

Digital Collection

P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Item sets

Ski Archive

Site pages

Alta Ski Area
Painting by Thomas Moran, 1895, "Avalanche in Cottonwood Canyon that Destroyed Alta in 1878."