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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



THE BRAVEST OF THE BRAVE 



Staunch even in death, this outpost stands as a monument to its own defeat, on the slope of 

 the North Cheyenne Canyon, Colorado. 



Photographs by Photo-Craft Shop 



THE THIN GREEN LINE: VETERANS OF A HUNDRED BATTLES ABOVE THE CLOUDS 



They bend to the blast, but no blow of elements can cause their stout hearts to quail in their 

 unequal fight to hold the Mount Baldy timber-line. 



