Damming Grand Canyon the 1923 USGS Colorado River expedition /

Damming Grand Canyon [electronic resource] : the 1923 USGS Colorado River expedition / Diane E. Boyer and Robert H. Webb ; U.S. Geological Survey ; foreword by Michael Collier.

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In 1923, America paid close attention, via special radio broadcasts, newspaper headlines, and cover stories in popular magazines, as a government party descended the Colorado to survey Grand Canyon. Fifty years after John Wesley Powell's journey, the canyon still had an aura of mystery and extr...

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Main Author: Boyer, Diane E.
Corporate Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Other Authors: Webb, Robert H.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, ©2007.
©2007.
Subjects:
Geological Survey (U.S.) > History > 20th century.
Geological Survey (U.S.) > Biography.
Geological Survey (U.S.)
River surveys > Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) > History > 20th century.
Dams > Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) > History > 20th century.
Water-supply > Political aspects > Arizona > Grand Canyon > History > 20th century.
Water resources development > Arizona > Grand Canyon > History > 20th century.
Dams.
Ecology.
River surveys.
Travel.
Water resources development.
Water-supply > Political aspects.
Grand Canyon (Ariz.) > Description and travel.
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) > Description and travel.
Grand Canyon (Ariz.) > Environmental conditions.
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) > Environmental conditions.
Arizona > Grand Canyon.
North America > Colorado River.
Biographies.
History.

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