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” ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

SWEETWATER COUNTY — Two men descended from members of Major John Wesley Powell’s epic river expeditions of 1869 and 1871 down the Green and Colorado Rivers and the Grand Canyon ...

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.

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

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 ...

Full Report of. THE POWELL EXPEDITION.; Fall Report of their Voyage-It is Unattended by Loss of Life-One Boat Wrecked-A Thrilling Account.