In 1869, Major John Wesley Powell led the first expedition through the Grand Canyon, navigating the Colorado River with a crew of untrained frontiersmen. Facing challenges such as starvation and ...

“Leave it as it is,” declared U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt after a 1903 sojourn at the Grand ... when John Wesley Powell and his team navigated the Colorado River through the canyon that ...

Navigating those waters was a dangerous endeavor — but John Powell saw it as a dare ... as well as the still-mysterious Grand Canyon. To view our latest e-Edition click the image on the left.

In 1879, explorer and geologist John Wesley Powell reported ... in Dallas and much of Texas. Powell, the first non-Indigenous person to canoe the Grand Canyon, observed a nearly straight line ...

The change also abandons the John Wesley Powell name. Powell was an explorer who mapped and photographed the Grand Canyon during a three-month expedition in 1869. He also was a geology professor at ...

The 55-year-old Virginia man was unable to be resuscitated on the trail. A Grand Canyon hiker has died while attempting to hike rim-to-rim in a single day at the national park. Ranjith Varma -- a ...

Who are the Nephilim and what do they represent? Are they biblical giants? What does the term literally translate to, and why does the brief mention of them in the Book of Genesis show resemblance to.

Melissa Sevigny is author of Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon ... such as John Wesley Powell and his sister Ellen Powell Thompson.

In 1878, American geologist and explorer John Wesley Powell drew ... Canadian province of Manitoba. Powell is famously known for his exploration of the Grand Canyon. He became concerned about ...

John Wesley Powell ... some new tunnels near the base of the Glen Canyon Dam so that what water there is in Lake Powell can flow on through the Grand Canyon, as it has for millions of years ...