Damming Grand Canyon : The 1923 USGS Colorado River Expedition / / Diane E. Boyer and Robert H. Webb ; U.S. Geological Survey ; foreword by Michael Collier.
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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| Place / Publishing House: | Logan, Utah : : Utah State University Press,, 2007. ©2007. |
| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (304 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | 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 extreme danger. At one point, the party was thought lost in a flood. Something important besides adventure was going on. Led by Claude Birdseye and including colorful characters such as early river-runner Emery Kolb, popular writer Lewis Freeman, and hydraulic engineer Eugene La Rue, the exped |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1283267403 9786613267405 0874216656 |
| Access: | Open Access |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Diane E. Boyer and Robert H. Webb ; U.S. Geological Survey ; foreword by Michael Collier. |