On May 24, 1869, the ten-man expedition launched from Green River Station in Wyoming Territory in four wooden rowboats. Rations and equipment, expected to last ten months, were secured in the hatches.

In the Southwest, river runners and river rats have the same great, great grandfather. Our patriarch is the one-armed Maj. John Wesley Powell, who launched four wooden boats in May 1869 do ...

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Powell Geographic Expedition of 1869, the first government-sanctioned exploration of the Green and Colorado Rivers through the Grand Canyon. “Men in Boats” ...

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 ...

John Wesley Powell’s 1869 Colorado River Exploring Expedition Illustrated Map & Adventure Antholog Our patriarch is the one-armed Maj. John Wesley Powell, who launched four wooden boats in ...

On May 24, 1869, at one o’clock in ... Yet even today, the Powell Geographic Expedition is soaked in controversy. Powell’s early life offers little hint of the fame he would achieve.

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 ...

In 53 days, rafting experts retrace Powell’s 1869 expedition. By Tom Stienstra, Outdoors Writer Updated Nov 29, 2014 9:53 p.m.

The Success of the Powell Expedition. Share full article. Sept. 16, 1869. ... See the article in its original context from September 16, 1869, Page 4 Buy Reprints. View on timesmachine.

Eric Peterson of San Marcos, Texas, is the 2nd great grandson of Frank Goodman, who took part in Powell’s first (1869) expedition. A young Englishman who fought during the Civil War with the New ...