Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and its tributaries: Explored in 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872, under the direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution

Powell, John Wesley

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In the summer of 1867, with a small party of naturalists, students, and amateurs like myself, I visited the mountain region of Colorado Territory. While in Middle Park, I explored a little canon, through which the Grand River runs, immediately below the well-known watering-place, "Middle Park Hot Springs." Later in the fall I passed through Cedar Canon, the gorge by which the Grand leaves the park. The result of the summer‘s study was to kindle a desire to explore the canons of the Grand, Green, and Colorado Rivers, and the next summer I organized an expedition with the intention of penetrating still farther into that canon country.

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Powell, John Wesley

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U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region

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xi, 291 p.; 2 Plates: 57 x 77 cm. and 57 x 50 cm.

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Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and its tributaries: Explored in 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872, under the direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; 1875; USGS Unnumbered Series; M; Powell, John Wesley