Name: Canyons of the Colorado
ISBN: 9781625583512

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Good for readers who enjoy Mountain West Travel (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, UT, WY)Good for readers interested in historyGood for fans of History

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Authors: John Wesley Powell
Publisher: Start Publishing LLC
Published: February 20, 2013
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Mountain West Travel (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, UT, WY) · Southwest U.S. History
Reading lane: Mountain West Travel (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, UT, WY)

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Western Gardening
Mountain West Travel (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, UT, WY)

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John Wesley Powell was a U.S. soldier, geologist, explorer of the American West, and director of major scientific and cultural institutions. He is famous for the 1869 Powell Geographic Expedition, a three-month river trip down the Green and Colorado rivers that included the first passage of European Americans through the Grand Canyon. Powell served as second director of the US Geological Survey (1881-1894), and was also the director of the Bureau of Ethnology at the Smithson...

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John Wesley Powell was a U.S. soldier, geologist, explorer of the American West, and director of major scientific and cultural institutions. He is famous for the 1869 Powell Geographic Expedition, a three-month river trip down the Green and Colorado rivers that included the first passage of European Americans through the Grand Canyon. Powell served as second director of the US Geological Survey (1881-1894), and was also the director of the Bureau of Ethnology at the Smithsonian Institution, where he supported linguistic and sociological research and publications.