Author: Arizona Academy (Phoenix, Ariz.)Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Who's who at Arizona Town Hall, Grand Canyon, Arizona, Oct. 9-11, 1962
Author: Arizona Academy (Phoenix, Ariz.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Polishing the Jewel
Author: Michael F. AndersonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Who's who in the West
Author: Steamboats on the Colorado River, 1852-1916
Author: Richard E. LingenfelterPublisher:
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Who's who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges
Author: Henry Pettus RandallPublisher:
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Category : Students
Languages : en
Pages : 2018
Book Description
Who's Who in America
Author: Marquis Who's Who, IncPublisher: Marquis Who's Who
ISBN: 9780837969664
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 3000
Book Description
The National Parks
Author: Barry MackintoshPublisher:
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Category : National parks and reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Damming Grand Canyon
Author: Diane E BoyerPublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
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 extreme danger. At one point, the party was thought lost in a flood. Something important besides adventure was going on. Led by Claude Birdseye and including colorful characters such as early river-runner Emery Kolb, popular writer Lewis Freeman, and hydraulic engineer Eugene La Rue, the expedition not only made the first accurate survey of the river gorge but sought to decide the canyon's fate. The primary goal was to determine the best places to dam the Grand. With Boulder Dam not yet built, the USGS, especially La Rue, contested with the Bureau of Reclamation over how best to develop the Colorado River. The survey party played a major role in what was known and thought about Grand Canyon. The authors weave a narrative from the party's firsthand accounts and frame it with a thorough history of water politics and development and the Colorado River. The recommended dams were not built, but the survey both provided base data that stood the test of time and helped define Grand Canyon in the popular imagination. Also by Robert Webb: Lee's Ferry
Who's Who in the West, 1982-1983
Author: Marquis Who's Who, LLCPublisher: Marquis Who's Who
ISBN: 9780837909189
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 876
Book Description
Who's who in Government
Author: Publisher: Marquis Who's Who
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 776
Book Description
"Biographies of the outstanding men and women in every branch of our federal, state, county and municipal governments."--Pref.