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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Adams, Eilean, 1923- Hell or high water James White's disputed passage through Grand Canyon, 1867 / Eilean Adams. Logan : Utah State University Press, 2001. ©2001. 1 online resource (229 p.) text txt computer c online resource cr Description based upon print version of record. Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Prologue; 1 Callville; 2 Who Was James White?; 3 White's War; 4 The Road to Gold; 5 The Rescue; 6 Downriver Crier; 7 The News Spreads East; 8 General Palmer and the Railroad Survey; 9 Dr. Parry's Report; 10 Major Calhoun's Version; 11 Major Powell; 12 On the Road Again; 13 Powell's Conquest of the Grand Canyon; 14 Enter Robert Brewster Stanton; 15 Senate Document No. 42; 16 Battle of The Trail; 17 The White Family and Dock Marston; 18 Grand Canyon History: Discoveries and Rediscoveries; 19 Bob Euler and Square One; 20 In James White's Footsteps 21 Summary and Conclusions: Part A22 Summary and Conclusions: Part B; 23 Summary and Conclusions: Part C; 24 Resolution; Appendix A: James White's 1867 Letter; Appendix B: James White's 1917 Statement; Chapter Notes; References, Sources, and Related Subjects; Author's Note 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 English Open Access Unrestricted online access star Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-217) and index. Description based on print version record. Gold miners Colorado Biography. Grand Canyon (Ariz.) Description and travel. Grand Canyon (Ariz.) Discovery and exploration. Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) Description and travel. Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) Discovery and exploration. White, James, 1837-1927 Travel Arizona Grand Canyon. White, James, 1837-1927 Travel Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) 0-87421-425-4 0-87421-426-2 |
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Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Prologue; 1 Callville; 2 Who Was James White?; 3 White's War; 4 The Road to Gold; 5 The Rescue; 6 Downriver Crier; 7 The News Spreads East; 8 General Palmer and the Railroad Survey; 9 Dr. Parry's Report; 10 Major Calhoun's Version; 11 Major Powell; 12 On the Road Again; 13 Powell's Conquest of the Grand Canyon; 14 Enter Robert Brewster Stanton; 15 Senate Document No. 42; 16 Battle of The Trail; 17 The White Family and Dock Marston; 18 Grand Canyon History: Discoveries and Rediscoveries; 19 Bob Euler and Square One; 20 In James White's Footsteps 21 Summary and Conclusions: Part A22 Summary and Conclusions: Part B; 23 Summary and Conclusions: Part C; 24 Resolution; Appendix A: James White's 1867 Letter; Appendix B: James White's 1917 Statement; Chapter Notes; References, Sources, and Related Subjects; Author's Note |
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