The Colorado River Region and John Wesley Powell
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Published: 1969
Total Pages: 180
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John Wesley Powell
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2023-11-29
Total Pages: 506
ISBN-13: 3387313845
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Author: John Wesley Powell
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 1961-01-01
Total Pages: 454
ISBN-13: 9780486200941
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe uncut version of Powell's narrative covering his exploration of the Colorado River.
Author: Jason Robison
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2020-10-27
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 0520976231
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Colorado River Basin’s importance cannot be overstated. Its living river system supplies water to roughly forty million people, contains Grand Canyon National Park, Bears Ears National Monument, and wide swaths of other public lands, and encompasses ancestral homelands of twenty-nine Native American tribes. John Wesley Powell, a one-armed Civil War veteran, explorer, scientist, and adept federal administrator, articulated a vision for Euro-American colonization of the “Arid Region” that has indelibly shaped the basin—a pattern that looms large not only in western history, but also in contemporary environmental and social policy. One hundred and fifty years after Powell’s epic 1869 Colorado River Exploring Expedition, this volume revisits Powell’s vision, examining its historical character and its relative influence on the Colorado River Basin’s cultural and physical landscape in modern times. In three parts, the volume unpacks Powell’s ideas on water, public lands, and Native Americans—ideas at once innovative, complex, and contradictory. With an eye toward climate change and a host of related challenges facing the basin, the volume turns to the future, reflecting on how—if at all—Powell’s legacy might inform our collective vision as we navigate a new “Great Unknown.”
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Published: 1969
Total Pages: 180
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Mary C. Rabbitt
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Published: 1995
Total Pages: 32
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John Wesley Powell
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Published: 2020-09-28
Total Pages: 607
ISBN-13: 1465562702
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Mary C. Rabbitt
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Published: 2001-09
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780898755565
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOver a century ago John Wesley Powell - teacher, scientist, and veteran of the Civil War - set out to explore the unknown reaches of the Colorado River. He emerged from the forbidding canyons with a compelling interest in the nature of the western lands and how they could be developed for the greatest benefit to the Nation. A man gifted with imagination, yet always tempered by the scientist's appreciation for facts, Powell became one of the country's most vigorous proponents for the orderly development of the public domain and the wise use of its natural resources.Throughout his lifetime, Powell stood firm in his belief that science, as a sound basis for human progress, should serve all the people, and he played an important role in organizing and directing scientific activities of the U.S. Government. His zeal led to the establishment of the Geological Survey in the U.S. Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Ethnology in the Smithsonian Institution. He also helped to found the National Geographic Society.This collection of papers was originally published as a U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper in 1969 to honor Powell on the 100th anniversary of his exploration of the Colorado River. It includes:John Wesley Powell: Pioneer Statesman of Federal Science by Mary C. RabbittStratified Rocks of the Grand Canyon by Edwin D. McKeeGeologic History of the Colorado River by Charles D. HuntThe Rapids and the Pools - Grand Canyon by Luna B. Leopold
Author: Eliot Porter
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Published: 1969
Total Pages: 12
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne hundred years ago John Wesley Powell set out to explore the Grand Canyon of the Colorado - something no man had attempted before. His official report of the voyage remains one of the great adventure stories in all the literature of the American West.
Author: John Wesley Powell
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2012-07-19
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 0486169871
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPowell's 1869 expedition was the first successful attempt to map the Colorado River. This volume assembles the explorers' journals, accounts, and letters into a compelling day-by-day narrative.