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	John Wesley Powell - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about John Wesley Powell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Powell was born in New York State and self-educated.
		After the end of the war, Powell became professor of geology in Illinois, while continuing with intrepid fieldwork (he was one of the first to steer a way down the Grand Canyon).
		Powell was appointed director of the US Geological Survey 1881.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /John+Wesley+Powell (261 words)

	NPR : The True Legacy of John Wesley Powell
		Powell led the nation's irrigation and geological surveys, and tried to assess the natural limits of the settlement of the West.
		Powell established a river gauge station along a broad but shallow stretch of the Rio Grande near Embudo, N.M., in 1889, the first of its kind in the nation.
		Powell wanted time to assess the water supply and the natural limits to settling on the land.
	www.npr.org /programs/atc/features/2002/sept/powell (1089 words)

	Eliza Stewart - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Thus she became the first telegraph operator in Arizona.
		Later, working in Kanab, Utah she telegraphed the news of John Wesely Powell's Second Expedition to Washington, DC.
		They moved to Saint Johns, Arizona in 1880.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eliza_Stewart (212 words)

	PBS VIDEOIndex Online -- All Chapters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Powell went on to write a literary classic about his trip, explore the region for another 10 years, study Native American cultures and, as director of the U.S. Geological Survey, argue against overdevelopment of the West.
		John Wesley Powell, born in 1834, had grown up on what was then considered the Western frontier.
		Powell becomes a "conquering hero," and Congress awards him $10,000 to conduct a survey of the Colorado plateau.
	videoindex.pbs.org /program/all_chapters.jsp?item_id=7211 (475 words)

	Grand Canyon River Adventure (DesertUSA)
		A one-armed veteran of the Civil War, Powell was a professor of geology at Illinois Wesleyan University.
		Powell arrived at the Grand Canyon after 81 days of travel through the Green and Colorado rivers, having lost one boat and more than a third of his supplies to the rapids.
		When Powell arrived at this spot on Aug 28, 1869 he wrote, "We come to a place which seems worse than any yet: to run it would be sure destruction.
	www.desertusa.com /mag98/nov/stories/raft.html (1896 words)

	Grand Canyon - Crystalinks
		A man of his time, Ives discounted his own impressions on the beauty of the canyon and declared it and the surrounding area as "altogether valueless", remarking that his expedition would be "the last party of whites to visit this profitless locality".
		Powell was a major in the United States Army and was a veteran of the American Civil War, a conflict that cost him his right forearm in the Battle of Shiloh.John Wesley Powell in 1869.
		Beaman left the group in January 1872 over a dispute with Powell and his replacement, James Fennemore, quit August that same year due to poor health, leaving boatman Jack Hillers as the official photographer (nearly one ton of photographic equipment was needed on site to process each shot).
	www.crystalinks.com /grandcanyon.html (4113 words)

	Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The centerpiece of the recreation area is the 91 mile (145.6 kilometer) long Flaming Gorge Reservoir, an reservoir created by the Flaming Gorge Dam along the Green River in 1964.
		The area was given the name "Flaming Gorge" by John Wesely Powell during his 1869 expedition down the Green River due to the spectacular red rock cliffs that surround the river in this area.
		Flaming Gorge National Recreation area is administered by the Ashley National Forest.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flaming_Gorge_National_Recreation_Area (192 words)

	A Circle In the Desert - by David P. Crews / Monuments
		I camped at the very northern tip of Lake Powell, at a primitive campsite at the mouth of the Dirty Devil River, where it empties into the Colorado.
		This spot is just about where the famed one-armed explorer John Wesely Powell camped on his first journey down the river.
		Gazing out at this twisted and textured landscape, I ask myself, "Why does the desert interest me? Why does it have a different effect than, say, driving across Ohio or Kansas?" Certainly, the desert is harsh and calls to mind the counterpoint with living things that it represents.
	www.newrational.com /circle/circ04.html (656 words)

	John Stamos Tv Schedule
		Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art 1400 First Ave N 59401 (406) 727-8255, fax (406) 727-8256 E-mail: pgsmoa@mcn.net Tue 10-5, 7-10, Wed-Fri 10-5, Sat-Sun 12-5 Dir: Bonnie Laing-Malcolmson Changing exhibitions of contemporary and historical art with a focus on Northwest artists; lectures and classes in the arts and humanities.
		N Artists exhibited: Chris Antemann, John Byrd, Drew Daly, Josh DeWeese, Eric Eley, Matthew Kelleher, Irene Saito, Peter Scherzer, Benjamin Schulman, John Utgaard, Rosalie Wynkoop 3033.
		G/D Artists exhibited: Dana Maack, John Alan Nyberg, Ted Remington, Gene Stark, H. James Stewart, Ted Wassmer, Paul Zelenka RENO 3063.
	www.electronicweekly.co.uk /tv/john_stamos_tv_schedule.html (17536 words)

	lecture_06 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		John Wesely Powell (1834 – 1902) His western expeditions lead to scientific understanding of resources of the arid western U.S. Founded the U.S. Geological Survey.
		Damming of the Hetch Hetchy Valley CA (near Yosemite National Park) and battle with John Muir.
		After a camping trip in California with John Muir, T.R. went back to Washington and created King’s Canyon and Sequoia National Parks.
	www.uwm.edu /Course/416-350/chapter03/lecture_06.html (1177 words)

	Center for African Studies \| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
		Nigeria, a new dawn : a collection of the acceptance speech, the inaugural speech and the address at the inaugural session of the National Assembly.
		NGOs, the state, and politics in Zimbabwe / Sam Moyo, John Makumbe, Brian Raftopoulos.
		Q. 338.160963 W433a Adoption and diffusion of agricultural innovations in Ethiopia : the role of education / Sharada Weir and John Knight.
	www.afrst.uiuc.edu /acqoctdec2001.html (7447 words)

	Grand Canyon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Emma Lee (17th of John Lee's 19 wives)
		These include issues related to: the recent reintroduction into the wild of the highly endangered California Condor, air tour overflight noise levels, water rights disputes with various tribal reservations that border the park, and forest fire management.
		The Grand Canyon National Park superintendent is Joe Alston who was previously the superintendent of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (Lake Powell.
	88.208.194.172 /wiki/index.php/Grand_Canyon (1898 words)

	Utah White Water Rafting and River Raft Tours
		Explore the National Parks and Rivers like John Wesely Powell did in the 1800´s.
		Heart-thumping rapids are the result of the steepest drop anywhere on the Colorado River.
		The river cuts through the deep, protected wilderness of Canyonlands National Park blessing you with a rare opportunity to see this land just as John Wesley Powell did in the 1800s.
	www.utahoutventures.com /rafting/riverrafting.htm (644 words)

	Capitol Reef National Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		These Numic speaking people named the Fremont granaries moki huts and thought they were the homes of a race of tiny people or moki.
		In 1872 Alan H. Thompson, a surveyor attached to United States Army Major John Wesely Powell's expedition, crossed the Waterpocket Fold while exploring the area.
		Geologist Clarence Dutton later spent several summers studying the area's geology.
	capitol-reef-national-park.ask.dyndns.dk (1219 words)

	Grand Canyon History Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Grand Canyon History - History Grand Canyon - history - John Wesley...
		Grand Canyon History - John Wesely Powell - history grand canyon...
		Powell dubbed it the andquot;Grand Canyonandquot; in 1872.
	www.grandnow.info /grand-canyon-history (1170 words)

	Grand Canyon, AZ Hotels: Grand Canyon National Park
		The first inhabitants of the Grand Canyon areas were Native American Indians who built settlements along the Canyon's walls.
		In the late 1870's, the first recorded scientific expedition to the region was conducted by Major John Wesely Powell.
		Located at the bottom of the Canyon-South Rim/ West
	www.roomrate.com /attraction/poi/grandCanyon.asp (594 words)

	History Of Grand Canyon Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Some of the finest books are those published by the Grand Canyon...
		Go to "Scroll Down through History" Cutaway of the Grand Canyon Go to "Scroll Down through History" text-only version...
		The story begins with the construction of the pipeline across Grand Canyon in 1963 to supply the...
	www.grandnow.info /history-of-grand-canyon (1390 words)

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