First Through the Grand Canyon
Kephart H and Powell JW. 1915. First Through the Grand Canyon. Outing Publishing Company. New York, N.Y.
Up to 1869 practically nothing was known of the Colorado River from its source to where it emerges into the valley of the Grand Wash, except what could be observed from look-out points at the tops of the canons, or from the few places where descents had been made to the bottom. It was a river of mystery and of fear. For long distances it was supposed to flow undergi'ound. There was no evidence that any human being had ever passed through the canons and come out alive. The Indians who lived in the neighborhood considered such a.fe^t preposterous. Then cime a scientist and a man of nerve. Major Johjj Wesley Powell, who studied the riyer carefully at several points along its bank^'and cakrily decided to risk his life in clearing up the mystery by navigating the stream clear through to the Wash.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Kephart, Horace; Powell, John
- Date of Issue
- 1915
- Publisher
- Outing Publishing Company
- Units
- GRCA , HIST
- Keywords
- Arizona, Colorado River, ehistory, Exploration, Grand Canyon