Hell or high water : James White's disputed passage through Grand Canyon, 1867 / / Eilean Adams.
Although John Wesley Powell and party are usually given credit for the first river descent through the Grand Canyon, the ghost of James White has haunted those claims. White was a Colorado prospector, who, almost two years before Powell's journey, washed up on a makeshift raft at Callville,...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Logan : : Utah State University Press,, 2001. ©2001. |
| Year of Publication: | 2001 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (229 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | Although John Wesley Powell and party are usually given credit for the first river descent through the Grand Canyon, the ghost of James White has haunted those claims. White was a Colorado prospector, who, almost two years before Powell's journey, washed up on a makeshift raft at Callville, Nevada. His claim to have entered the Colorado above the San Juan River with another man (soon drowned) as they fled from Indians was widely disseminated and believed for a time, but Powell and his successors on the river publically discounted it. Colorado River runners and historians have s |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-217) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1282490508 9786612490507 0874214653 |
| Access: | Open Access |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Eilean Adams. |