Canyons of the Colorado
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Preface
6:30 -
The Valley of the Colorado
21:36 -
Mesas and Buttes
32:50 -
Mountains and Plateaus
20:31 -
Cliffs and Terraces
28:31 -
From Green River City to Flaming Gorge
17:38 -
From Flaming Gorge to the Gate of Lodore
20:46 -
The Canyon of Lodore
21:04 -
From Echo Park to the Mouth of the Uinta River
29:35 -
From the Mouth of the Uinta River to the Junction of the Grand and
25:50 -
From the Junction of the Grand and Green to the Mouth of the Little
57:41 -
From the Little Colorado to the Foot of the Grand Canyon
67:45 -
The Rio Virgen and the Uinkaret Mountains
64:51 -
Over the River
32:05 -
To Zuni
16:39 -
The Grand Canyon
23:34
Canyons of the Colorado (1895) is a public domain work.
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Scientific observation and the demands of river travel meet in John Wesley Powell's account of the Colorado country. Published in 1895, the book expands a journal kept in camp on strips of brown paper and bound in leather. Powell's preface explains how requests for a public account led him to enlarge that record with chapters describing the region and its inhabitants.
The dated entries make the work of exploration concrete. Rocks obstruct the channel, boats must be carried around rapids, and the Emma Dean spins in a whirlpool, losing an oar. A stop for repairs includes attention to both boats and barometers. Alongside these tasks, Powell describes flood marks, driftwood lodged above the river, and pools within rounded chambers of a side canyon. Readers interested in geography and early field science can follow how the physical struggle to move downstream becomes a means of observing the landscape.
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