Damming Grand Canyon The 1923 USGS Colorado River Expedition
In 1923, America paid close attention, via special radio broadcasts, newspaper headlines, and cover stories in popular magazines, as a government party descended the Colorado to survey Grand Canyon. Fifty years after John Wesley Powell's journey, the canyon still had an aura of mystery and extr...
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Main Author: | Boyer, Diane E (auth) |
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Other Authors: | Webb, Robert H. (auth) |
Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
Language: | English |
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University Press of Colorado
2007
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Online Access: | DOAB: download the publication DOAB: description of the publication |
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