Canyons of the Colorado

Canyons of the Colorado
Title Canyons of the Colorado PDF eBook
Author John Wesley Powell
Publisher BoD – Books on Demand
Pages 506
Release 2023-11-29
Genre Fiction
ISBN 3387313845

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Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

Stone Canyons of the Colorado Plateau

Stone Canyons of the Colorado Plateau
Title Stone Canyons of the Colorado Plateau PDF eBook
Author Charles Bowden
Publisher ABRAMS
Pages 136
Release 1996
Genre Nature
ISBN

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Color photos of the Escalante and the Paria river canyons and the adjacent plateau into which these rivers, with the help of rain & wind, have sculpted surreal, brightly colored galleries. The text by Charles Bowden deals with Mormon heroes, the Hole-in-the-Rock migration, and with John D. Lee, infamous for his part in the Mountain Meadows Massacre.

Down the Great Unknown

Down the Great Unknown
Title Down the Great Unknown PDF eBook
Author Edward Dolnick
Publisher Harper Collins
Pages 386
Release 2009-03-17
Genre History
ISBN 006176034X

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Drawing on rarely examined diaries and journals, Down the Great Unknown is the first book to tell the full, dramatic story of the Powell expedition. On May 24, 1869 a one-armed Civil War veteran, John Wesley Powell and a ragtag band of nine mountain men embarked on the last great quest in the American West. The Grand Canyon, not explored before, was as mysterious as Atlantis—and as perilous. The ten men set out from Green River Station, Wyoming Territory down the Colorado in four wooden rowboats. Ninety-nine days later, six half-starved wretches came ashore near Callville, Arizona. Lewis and Clark opened the West in 1803, six decades later Powell and his scruffy band aimed to resolve the West’s last mystery. A brilliant narrative, a thrilling journey, a cast of memorable heroes—all these mark Down the Great Unknown, the true story of the last epic adventure on American soil.

Ladies of the Canyons

Ladies of the Canyons
Title Ladies of the Canyons PDF eBook
Author Lesley Poling-Kempes
Publisher University of Arizona Press
Pages 384
Release 2015-09-17
Genre History
ISBN 0816524947

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Ladies of the Canyons is the true story of remarkable women who left the security and comforts of genteel Victorian society and journeyed to the American Southwest in search of a wider view of themselves and their world. Educated, restless, and inquisitive, Natalie Curtis, Carol Stanley, Alice Klauber, and Mary Cabot Wheelwright were plucky, intrepid women whose lives were transformed in the first decades of the twentieth century by the people and the landscape of the American Southwest. Part of an influential circle of women that included Louisa Wade Wetherill, Alice Corbin Henderson, Mabel Dodge Luhan, Mary Austin, and Willa Cather, these ladies imagined and created a new home territory, a new society, and a new identity for themselves and for the women who would follow them. Their adventures were shared with the likes of Theodore Roosevelt and Robert Henri, Edgar Hewett and Charles Lummis, Chief Tawakwaptiwa of the Hopi, and Hostiin Klah of the Navajo. Their journeys took them to Monument Valley and Rainbow Bridge, into Canyon de Chelly, and across the high mesas of the Hopi, down through the Grand Canyon, and over the red desert of the Four Corners, to the pueblos along the Rio Grande and the villages in the mountains between Santa Fe and Taos. Although their stories converge in the outback of the American Southwest, the saga of Ladies of the Canyons is also the tale of Boston’s Brahmins, the Greenwich Village avant-garde, the birth of American modern art, and Santa Fe’s art and literary colony. Ladies of the Canyons is the story of New Women stepping boldly into the New World of inconspicuous success, ambitious failure, and the personal challenges experienced by women and men during the emergence of the Modern Age.

Technical Slot Canyon Guide to the Colorado Plateau

Technical Slot Canyon Guide to the Colorado Plateau
Title Technical Slot Canyon Guide to the Colorado Plateau PDF eBook
Author Michael R Kelsey
Publisher
Pages
Release 2021-06
Genre
ISBN 9780944510377

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This is another in the series by Michael Kelsey for those who enjoy hiking and climbing. This book is unique in that every canyon described requires the use of ropes and rapelling to get all the way through. There are hundreds of maps and pictures, as well as directions and descriptions of the many small canyons available for exploration. Mr Kelsey's books have sold and continue to sell well in the Rocky Mountain region.

Downcanyon

Downcanyon
Title Downcanyon PDF eBook
Author Ann Zwinger
Publisher University of Arizona Press
Pages 334
Release 1995-07
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0816515565

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Describes the river, including ruins, small wildlife, and the experiences of early travelers

The Colorado River Through Glen Canyon Before Lake Powell

The Colorado River Through Glen Canyon Before Lake Powell
Title The Colorado River Through Glen Canyon Before Lake Powell PDF eBook
Author Eleanor Inskip
Publisher
Pages 108
Release 1995
Genre Travel
ISBN

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River trips through Glen Canyon from 1872-1964 were combined beginning at North Wash & ending at Lees Ferry, to present Glen Canyon before the lake. Landscape photographs & quotations from the explorers complete the journal. Fifty photographers & authors are represented. Photographs are identified by photographer, photo date & location. Quotations are identified by author & source. A map of Lake Powell is provided as a guide for today's visitor. The reader can take this book on the lake & go to the buoy indicated to compare Lake Powell today with the Glen Canyon of yesterday. Glen Canyon Natural History Association is co-publishing this book in support of the educational objectives of the National Park Service at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. A Special Limited (1,500 copies) First Edition is available. Silk-bound Limited Edition, $150, Paper-bound Edition, $25. Trade discounts available. Order from Inskip Ink, 366 East 100 North, Moab, UT 84532. Tel. & FAX 801-259-8452 or your local distributor.