An 1869 expedition led by John Wesley Powell sailed out of the Grand Canyon on the Colorado River in the first official exploration of the canyon. At the time of his journey, Powell was on the ...

The eponymous expedition, a three-month river trip down the Green and Colorado rivers, began at Green River Station, Wyoming, on May 24, 1869 with 10 men in four small boats; on August 5, Powell ...

OCTOBER 3-6 Men on Boats by Jaclyn Backhaus is a bold and satirical retelling of the 1869 Powell Geographic Expedition, where a crew of ten men journeyed down the Colorado River to explore the Grand ...

This episode, known as the Powell Geographic Expedition, marked the first recorded passage of white men through the whole of the Grand Canyon. It was also the inspiration for the 2017 play Men on ...

1834 John Wesley Powell is born on March 24 in Mount Morris, New York, the second son of Joseph and Mary Powell. 1838 The family moves from New York to Southern Ohio in the late spring.