Powell of the Colorado / by William Culp Darrah.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Darrah, William Culp (William Culp), 1909-1989, author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902.

Powell, John Wesley.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (459 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, [New Jersey] : Princeton University Press, 1951.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In May 1869, Major John Wesley Powell, geologist, enthnologist, and geographer set out from Green River, Wyoming, with nine men and four boats to explore the forbidding canyons of the Green and Colorado Rivers in Wyoming, Utah, and Arizona, which had blocked all central travel routes to the West Coast. Powell of the Colorado describes this exploration.Originally published in 1951.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Foreword

Preface

Contents

Illustrations

1. 1830-1846. Wilderness Bound

2. 1846-1853. Prairie Farmer

3. 1853-1861. Illinois Schoolmaster

4. 1861-1865. An Arm for Union

5. 1865-1867. Up Pike's Peak

6. 1868. Across the Continental Divide

7. 1869. Preparations at Green River

8. 1869. First Expedition Down the Colorado

9. 1869-1870. Among the Cliff Dwellers

10. 1871. Second Expedition Down the Colorado

11. 1872. Seeking Federal Support

12. 1873. A Special Commission Among the Utes

13. 1873-1876. A New Concept of the Canyon Country

14. 1877-1878. A Proposal for Reform of the Land Acts

15. 1878-1879. Consolidation of the Surveys

16. 1879-1881. The Bureau of Ethnology

17. 1881-1884. Double Duty

18. 1884-1887. The Survey and Science in America

19. 1888-1891. The Irrigation Survey

20. 1886-1891. Life in Washington

21. 1890-1894. The Survey Under Fire

22. 1894-1895. A Philosophy of Science

23. 1896-1898. Haven

24. 1898-1901. Truth and Error

25. 1902. The Last Days

Epilogue

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

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ISBN:

0-691-64889-1

0-691-62206-X

1-4008-7860-8

OCLC:

966771299