The Cañons of the Colorado--
the 1869 discovery voyage down the Colorado River--








THE CAÑONS OF THE COLORADO-- the 1869 discovery voyage down the Colorado River. vist0059frontcover


THE CAÑONS OF THE COLORADO-- the 1869 discovery voyage down the Colorado River.

by Major John Wesley Powell.Powell image

From Wyoming down the Green River into Colorado, through Utah and there on the Colorado River to Arizona and the Grand Canyon, to end in Nevada--this was the journey of the "Colorado River Exploring Expedition", what Powell called his group of 9 men and 4 boats as they began charting what was the last major unexplored part of the then United States. The trip was not only scientific in its goals, but it naturally became a grand adventure, with two of their party opting to leave the expedition before attempting a furious cascade, only to be killed by Indians. Much of the land and scenery which they drifted by or dashed past is today included in National Park System and oher wildland areas: Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, Dinosaur National Monument, Canyonlands National Park, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and its Lake Powell, Grand Canyon National Park, and Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

Note the word ca�ons in the title would today be spelled canyons but we have preserved the usage from the time when this voyage was made and written about by the major himself.

Illustrations are by landscape artist Thomas Moran and others. 64 pages.

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