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1) The exploration of the Colorado River and its canyons

Author

Powell, John Wesley

Series

Penguin nature classics
Penguin classics

Language

English

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The author, a Civil War veteran, recounts the scientific expedition he led to explore the Colorado River and describes the hardships and discoveries of the ten-month trip

2) Down the Colorado: diary of the first trip through the Grand Canyon 1869

Author

Powell, John Wesley

Language

English

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An abridgement of the author's journal originally published in pt. 1, "History of the exploration of the canyons of the Colorado," of the report of the Smithsonian Institution: Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and its tributaries.

3) First through the Grand Canyon: being the record of the pioneer exploration of the Colorado River in 1869-70

Author

Powell, John Wesley

Series

Outing adventure library

Language

English

4) The Hopi villages: the ancient province of Tusayan

Author

Powell, John Wesley

Series

Wild and woolly West books volume 21

Publisher

Filter Press

Pub. Date

1972.

Language

English

5) The exploration of the Colorado River

Author

Powell, John Wesley

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Pub. Date

[1957]

Language

English

6) The cañons of the Colorado

Author

Powell, John Wesley

Publisher

Outbooks

Pub. Date

[1981]

Language

English

7) An overland trip to the Grand Cañon

Author

Powell, John Wesley

Publisher

Filter Press

Pub. Date

1974.

Language

English

8) Sketch of the mythology of the North American Indians

Author

Powell, John Wesley

Pub. Date

1881

Language

English

9) Tenth annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1888-'89

Author

Powell, John Wesley

Series

Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology volume 10th, 1888-'89

Publisher

G.P.O

Pub. Date

1894.

Language

English

10) On the evolution of language, as exhibited in the specialization of the grammatic processes, the differentiation of the parts of speech, and the integration of the sentences: from a study of Indian languages

Author

Powell, John Wesley

Pub. Date

1881

Language

English

11) Introduction to the study of Indian languages: with words, phrases and sentences to be collected

Author

Powell, John Wesley

Publisher

Govt. Print. Off

Pub. Date

1880.

Language

English

12) Indian linguistic families of America: north of Mexico

Author

Powell, John Wesley

Series

United States. Bureau of American Ethnology. Seventh annual report volume 1885-1886

Publisher

[publisher not identified]

Pub. Date

1891.

Language

English

13) Wyandot government: a short study of tribal society

Author

Powell, John Wesley

Pub. Date

1881

Language

English

14) Report on the lands of the arid region of the United States: with a more detailed account of the lands of Utah : with maps

Author

Powell, John Wesley

Publisher

G.P.O

Pub. Date

1879.

Language

English

15) The Grand Canyon expedition

Author

Powell, John Wesley

Publisher

Gibbs Smith

Pub. Date

2019.

Language

English

16) A canyon voyage: the narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the explorations on land, in the years 1871 and 1872

Author

Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel

Language

English

Formats

Book - Regular Print, eBook

17) Report on the lands of the arid region of the United States: with a more detailed account of the lands of Utah

Author

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

Series

John Harvard library

Publisher

Belknap Press of Harvard University Press

Pub. Date

1962.

Language

English

18) The Colorado River Region and John Wesley Powell: A collection of papers honoring Powell on the 100th anniversary of his exploration of the Colorado River, 1869-1969

Series

Geological Survey professional paper volume 669

Publisher

U.S. Govt. Print. Off

Pub. Date

1969.

Language

English

19) In the footsteps of John Wesley Powell: an album of comparative photographs of the Green and Colorado rivers, 1871-72 and 1968

Author

Stephens, Hal G

Publisher

Johnson Books

Pub. Date

[1987]

Language

English

20) River of stone: The Powell Expedition

Series

Arizona collection

Publisher

Arizona State University

Pub. Date

1992.

Language

English

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This documentary depicts John Wesley Powell's historic exploration through the heart of the Colorado Plateau, as well as changes that have occurred with the subsequent use and abuse of the Colorado River system. The expedition originated at Green River, Wyoming in 1869 and explored 1000 miles of territory through Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, the Grand Canyon and Arizona. It includes archival footage, new footage from a re- enactment of the expedition,...

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John Wesley Powell

1) The exploration of the Colorado River and its canyons

2) Down the Colorado: diary of the first trip through the Grand Canyon 1869

3) First through the Grand Canyon: being the record of the pioneer exploration of the Colorado River in 1869-70

4) The Hopi villages: the ancient province of Tusayan

5) The exploration of the Colorado River

6) The cañons of the Colorado

7) An overland trip to the Grand Cañon

8) Sketch of the mythology of the North American Indians

9) Tenth annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1888-'89

10) On the evolution of language, as exhibited in the specialization of the grammatic processes, the differentiation of the parts of speech, and the integration of the sentences: from a study of Indian languages

11) Introduction to the study of Indian languages: with words, phrases and sentences to be collected

12) Indian linguistic families of America: north of Mexico

13) Wyandot government: a short study of tribal society

14) Report on the lands of the arid region of the United States: with a more detailed account of the lands of Utah : with maps

15) The Grand Canyon expedition

16) A canyon voyage: the narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the explorations on land, in the years 1871 and 1872

17) Report on the lands of the arid region of the United States: with a more detailed account of the lands of Utah

18) The Colorado River Region and John Wesley Powell: A collection of papers honoring Powell on the 100th anniversary of his exploration of the Colorado River, 1869-1969

19) In the footsteps of John Wesley Powell: an album of comparative photographs of the Green and Colorado rivers, 1871-72 and 1968

20) River of stone: The Powell Expedition