powell, john wesley

Recounts the adventures of seventeen-year-old Fred Dellenbaugh, the youngest member of the second Powell expedition, which explored the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon in 1871-2.

Draws from diaries and journals to tell the story of the 1869 expedition led by Civil War veteran John Wesley Powell to explore the Grand Canyon.

Chronicles the life of explorer John Wesley Powell, discussing how his expeditions put the Colorado River on American maps, discovered the Grand Canyon, and helped open the American west up to other settlers.

Presents the diary of the Civil War veteran who led an expedition down the Colorado River to explore the depths of the Grand Canyon.

A biography of the geologist who first explored the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon.

The story of the mapping of the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon. Includes related activities.