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John Wesley Powell: soldier, explorer, scientist

Members of the Engineering Geology and Ground Water Branches, U.S. Geological Survey
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One hundred years ago John Wesley Powell and nine adventure-seeking companions completed the first exploration of the dangerous and almost uncharted canyons of the Green and Colorado Rivers. By this trip, Powell, a 35-year old teacher of natural history, apparently unhampered by the lack of his right forearm (amputated after the Battle of Shiloh) opened up a large unknown part of continental United States and brought to a climax the era of western exploration.

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Members of the Engineering Geology and Ground Water Branches, U.S. Geological Survey. 1970. John Wesley Powell: soldier, explorer, scientist. https://doi.org/10.3133/70039264

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