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Excerpt from First Through the Grand Canyon: Being the Record of the Pioneer Exploration of the Colorado River in 1869-70
In his student days Powell had made a specialty of what was then called natural history. When the war was over he ao cepted a professorship of geology in the II linois Wesleyan University, and later held a similar chair in the Illinois Normal Uni versity. In the summer of 1867 he initiated the practice of student field work by taking his class to the mountains of Colorado for geological exploration. It was on this trip that he formed the idea of exploring the canons of the Colorado River of the West.
Having obtained funds from public institu tions of Illinois to outfit his little expedition, he started from Green River City, above the head of the Colorado proper, May 24, 1869, on one of the most hazardous adven tures in the history of exploration. He emerged from the Grand Canon on August 29, with five of the nine men he had started with. Four had deserted on the way, and three of these were killed by Indians.
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In his student days Powell had made a specialty of what was then called natural history. When the war was over he ao cepted a professorship of geology in the II linois Wesleyan University, and later held a similar chair in the Illinois Normal Uni versity. In the summer of 1867 he initiated the practice of student field work by taking his class to the mountains of Colorado for geological exploration. It was on this trip that he formed the idea of exploring the canons of the Colorado River of the West.
Having obtained funds from public institu tions of Illinois to outfit his little expedition, he started from Green River City, above the head of the Colorado proper, May 24, 1869, on one of the most hazardous adven tures in the history of exploration. He emerged from the Grand Canon on August 29, with five of the nine men he had started with. Four had deserted on the way, and three of these were killed by Indians.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - John Wesley Powell
Hardback
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ISBN - 9780266558637
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm
Page Count - 326
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ISBN - 9781332012916
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm
Page Count - 328
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