Reclamation Era
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Published: 1969
Total Pages: 410
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A River Running West
Author: Donald Worster
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 692
ISBN-13: 9780195156355
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis text is a magisterial account of John Wesley Powell, the great American explorer and environmental pioneer. It tells the true story of undaunted courage in the American West.
Utah Historical Quarterly
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Published: 1969
Total Pages: 900
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKList of charter members of the society: v. 1, p. 98-99.
Congressional Record
Author: United States. Congress
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Published: 1969
Total Pages: 1448
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
The Colorado River Region and John Wesley Powell
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Published: 1969
Total Pages: 180
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Bureau of Reclamation: Origins and growth to 1945
Author: William D. Rowley
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 572
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKOn cover: Reclamation, Managing Water in the West. Tells the history of the Bureau of Reclamation from 1902-1945.
Damming Grand Canyon
Author: Diane E Boyer
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Published: 2007-05-07
Total Pages: 312
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1923, America paid close attention, via special radio broadcasts, newspaper headlines, and cover stories in popular magazines, as a government party descended the Colorado to survey Grand Canyon. Fifty years after John Wesley Powell's journey, the canyon still had an aura of mystery and extreme danger. At one point, the party was thought lost in a flood. Something important besides adventure was going on. Led by Claude Birdseye and including colorful characters such as early river-runner Emery Kolb, popular writer Lewis Freeman, and hydraulic engineer Eugene La Rue, the expedition not only made the first accurate survey of the river gorge but sought to decide the canyon's fate. The primary goal was to determine the best places to dam the Grand. With Boulder Dam not yet built, the USGS, especially La Rue, contested with the Bureau of Reclamation over how best to develop the Colorado River. The survey party played a major role in what was known and thought about Grand Canyon. The authors weave a narrative from the party's firsthand accounts and frame it with a thorough history of water politics and development and the Colorado River. The recommended dams were not built, but the survey both provided base data that stood the test of time and helped define Grand Canyon in the popular imagination. Also by Robert Webb: Lee's Ferry
