Colorado River and Tributaries, Texas, Covering Mouth of Colorado River
Title | Colorado River and Tributaries, Texas, Covering Mouth of Colorado River PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Army. Corps of Engineers |
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Pages | 106 |
Release | 1968 |
Genre | Colorado River (Tex.) |
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Colorado River and Tributaries, Texas, Covering Mouth of Colorado River. Letter from the Secretary of the Army Transmitting a Letter from the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, Dated July 23, 1968, Submitting a Report, Together with Accompanying Papers and Illustrations, on Colorado River and Tributaries, Texas, Covering Mouth of Colorado River, in Partial Response to a Resolution of the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, Adopted August 4, 1936
Title | Colorado River and Tributaries, Texas, Covering Mouth of Colorado River. Letter from the Secretary of the Army Transmitting a Letter from the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, Dated July 23, 1968, Submitting a Report, Together with Accompanying Papers and Illustrations, on Colorado River and Tributaries, Texas, Covering Mouth of Colorado River, in Partial Response to a Resolution of the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, Adopted August 4, 1936 PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works |
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Pages | 98 |
Release | 1968 |
Genre | Embankments |
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Colorado River and Tributaries, Texas Covering Mouth of Colorado River. Letter from the Secretary of the Army Transmitting a Letter from the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, Dated July 23, 1968, Submitting a Report, Together with Accompanying Papers and Illustrations ... Presented by Mr. Randolph, July 29, 1968. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Works and Ordered to be Printed with Illustrations
Title | Colorado River and Tributaries, Texas Covering Mouth of Colorado River. Letter from the Secretary of the Army Transmitting a Letter from the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, Dated July 23, 1968, Submitting a Report, Together with Accompanying Papers and Illustrations ... Presented by Mr. Randolph, July 29, 1968. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Works and Ordered to be Printed with Illustrations PDF eBook |
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Colorado River and Tributaries, Texas, Covering Mouth of Colorado River
Title | Colorado River and Tributaries, Texas, Covering Mouth of Colorado River PDF eBook |
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Release | 1968 |
Genre | Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) |
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Colorado River and Tributaries, Texas, Covering Mouth of Colorado River
Title | Colorado River and Tributaries, Texas, Covering Mouth of Colorado River PDF eBook |
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Pages | 0 |
Release | 1968 |
Genre | Colorado River (Tex.) |
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The Colorado River Region and John Wesley Powell
Title | The Colorado River Region and John Wesley Powell PDF eBook |
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Pages | 180 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | Geology |
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Damming Grand Canyon
Title | Damming Grand Canyon PDF eBook |
Author | Diane E Boyer |
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Pages | 312 |
Release | 2007-05-07 |
Genre | History |
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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