An 1869 expedition led by John Wesley Powell sailed out of the Grand Canyon on the Colorado River in the first official ...

Tau-Gu, chief of the Paiutes overlooking virgin river with J.W. Powell age 39. grca 13806. circa 1873, National Park Service. John Wesley Powell and the Bureau of Ethnology Among many of the ...

On January 17, 1890, John Wesley Powell strode into a Senate committee room in Washington, D.C., to testify. He was hard to miss, one contemporary comparing him to a sturdy oak, gnarled and seamed ...

Powell and his brother Walter spend the night on the mountain top where they watch the eclipse. After all their efforts, clouds obscure their views. August 8 -- Redwall Cavern, John Wesley Powell ...

In 1869, an intrepid group of men, led by the one-armed Civil War Veteran John Wesley Powell, embarked on a journey down the Grand Canyon through the foaming rapids of the Colorado River ...

o one was waiting for John Wesley Powell when he and his fellow explorers emerged from the Grand Canyon 150 years ago this week.Their historic Colorado River expedition ended with great relief but ...

Tucked inside were 150-year-old Native American baskets and apparel collected by the famed John Wesley Powell while exploring Utah. “They asked if I would be interested in seeing them.

Our patriarch is the one-armed Maj. John Wesley Powell, who launched four wooden boats in May 1869 down the Green and Colorado rivers. As a river runner, I want to travel where Maj. Powell went.

In 1869, John Wesley Powell led nine men and four boats on the first documented descent through the Grand Canyon. As is made clear in this excerpt from 'The Promise of the Grand Canyon,' it was a ...

Celebrate the 150th anniversary of John Wesley Powell’s historic expedition with OARS, which specializes in whitewater rafting and other outdoor tours. The itinerary on the Green River will ...