First Through Grand Canyon
The Secret Journals & Letters of the 1869 Crew Who Explored the Green & Colorado Rivers, revised edition
by Michael P. Ghiglieri
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appears in About Colorado.
In May of 1869, eleven men embarked on a journey of exploration and discovery. 98 days later six of them arrived 1000 miles away after navigating the Green and Colorado Rivers to the end of Grand Canyon. The journals and writings of the expedition leader, John Wesley Powell have been extensively published but here, for the first time, are the newly...
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