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	John Wesley Powell - LoveToKnow 1911
		JOHN WESLEY POWELL (1834-1902), American geologist and ethnologist, was born at Mount Morris, New York, on the 24th of March 1834.
		His parents were of English birth, but had moved to America in 1830, and he was educated at Illinois and Oberlin colleges.
		On King's resignation in 1881, Powell was appointed director also of the Geological Survey, a post which he occupied until 1894.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /John_Wesley_Powell (391 words)

	John Wesley Powell
		On March 24, 1834, John Wesley Powell was born in Mount Morris, NY.
		Powell attended Oberlin College in 1857, which was a liberal institution where he felt comfortable because of its stance against slavery.
		Powell was also the director of the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of Ethnology, which he directed for 23 years until his death in 1902.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/information/biography/pqrst/powell_john.html (711 words)

	John Wesley Powell, Major, United States Army
		To Powell was assigned the department of conchology.
		Powell was often his companion in the army and early Western journeys.
		Powell, because of the earnest efforts he had made to bring about the consolidation, refusing to allow his name to be presented.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /jwpowell.htm (4251 words)

	The My Hero Project - John Wesley Powell
		John Wesley Powell was born in New York on March 24, 1834.
		Powell let go of the rock (remember, he was hanging on by only one hand to begin with), grabbed the leg of Bradley's long johns, and let his friend pull him to safety.
		Powell writes “some tears are shed; it is rather a solemn parting; each party thinks the other is taking the dangerous course.” Unfortunately, this danger was realized: the three men who climbed out of the canyon were killed as they made their way to a nearby settlement.
	myhero.com /hero.asp?hero=JW_Powell (1316 words)

	The story of Major John Wesley Powell
		With the outbreak of the Civil War in 1860, Powell enlisted in the 20th Illinois volunteers and was mustered in as second lieutenant.
		On May 24, 1869 Powell and nine men he recruited for a truly monumental journey pushed their boats from shore and headed down the Green River from Green River Station, WY amidst shouts and cheers from onlookers who must have thought they would never see those ten men again.
		Powell had completed what he had sought to do -- explore and confirm his theory on the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, a region up to that time almost entirely unknown and concerning which there were many vague and often wild rumors.
	www.canyon-country.com /lakepowell/jwpowell.htm (1141 words)

	POWELL, John Wesley (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Powell was born on March 24, 1834, at Mount Morris, N.Y. When his family moved to Illinois, he made long solo voyages on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and became intensely interested in nature.
		During Powell’s travels he studied the Indians he encountered, and in 1879 he was appointed the first director of the U.S. Bureau of Ethnology.
		Powell’s books include Explorations of the Colorado River of the West (1875), An Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages (1877), and Report on the Lands of the Arid Region of the United States (1878).
	www.history.com /encyclopedia.do?vendorId=FWNE.fw..po124200.a#FWNE.fw..po124200.a (732 words)

	John Wesley Powell: by Bill Steinbacher-Kemp
		Powell and the remaining five men, though, successfully navigated the rapids, and by twelve o'clock in the afternoon the next day they were carried out of the Grand Canyon by the river's swift current into gentler waters.
		Powell's life, observed Lester F. Ward, was molded in "the pattern of the American self- made man." An understanding of Powell hisethnology; his ability to organize and lead men under difficult circumstances; and his support of government-funded science — rests on an understanding of his formative years in the Midwest.
		The Powells spent their first eight years in America in New York, and John Wesley Powell, the fourth of nine children, was born March 24, 1834, in Mount Morris, a small community situated in the Geneseo Valley.
	www.lib.niu.edu /ipo/2001/ilfa0107.html (4329 words)

	John Wesley Powell
		John Wesley Powell (March 24, 1834 - September 23, 1902) was a American western explorer.
		He was born in Mount Morris, New York[?] and gained his education in Illinois at Wheaton and Oberlin.
		Powell had a deep interest in the natural sciences.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/jo/John_Wesley_Powell.html (353 words)

	John Wesley Powell - DesertUSA
		John Wesley Powell was born in 1834 in Mount Morris, New York, the son of Joseph Powell, a Methodist preacher and avid abolitionist.
		Powell, traveled by train, wagon, and horseback across the plains to Denver and on to a valley known as Bergens Park on the west side of the Rampart Range north of Pikes Peak.
		As Director from 1881 to 1894, Powell was the principal force in expanding geologic studies and topographic mapping throughout the country and in stimulating investigations of soil, ground water, rivers, flood control, and irrigation.
	www.desertusa.com /magnov97/nov_pap/du_jwpowell.html (2726 words)

	VOA Special English - PEOPLE IN AMERICA - JOHN WESLEY POWELL
		Powell's interests, however, were becoming wider than just the geology of the land.
		In a message to Congress, Powell explained why he felt the bureau was so important: "Many of the difficulties between white men and Indians are unnecessary, and are caused by our lack of knowledge relating to the Indians themselves.
		John Wesley Powell's scientific studies of western lands shaped his ideas of how those lands should be used.
	www.manythings.org /voa/03/031019pa_t.htm (1244 words)

	John Wesley Powell
		While Powell is most widely known as the first explorer of the Colorado River, he also made significant contributions as an administrator and as an advocate for conservation and careful planning in the use of western lands.
		John Wesley Powell married Emma Dean in March 1862, and the couple had one child, a daughter, Mary Dean Powell, born 8 September 1871 in Salt Lake City.
		Powell died in Haven, Maine, on 23 September 1902 and is buried in the officers' section of Arlington National Cemetery.
	historytogo.utah.gov /people/johnwesleypowell.html (466 words)

	John Wesley Powell (Site not responding. Last check: )
		John Wesley Powell was one of the country's first conservationists, being concerned with the use of and access to water.
		Powell stated that an irrigated farm was impossible in these lands with less than 20 inches of annual rainfall.
		Powell would probably be impressed with the extent that farmers are all supplied with irrigation.
	members.aol.com /Gibson0817/powell.htm (2184 words)

	USGS: John Wesley Powell: Soldier, Explorer, Scientist
		John Wesley Powell was born in 1834 in Mount Morris, New York, the son of Joseph Powell, a Methodist preacher who had emigrated from England 4 years earlier.
		Young Powell was frequently stoned by his classmates and had to be removed from public school and placed under the tutelage of a neighbor, George Crookham, a farmer and self-taught scientist.
		Powell was given a pass to be with her husband wherever he went, thus enabling him to remain in the service where his engineering and artillery knowledge were sorely needed.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/geology/publications/inf/74-24/sec1.htm (1240 words)

	John Wesley Powell
		John Wesley Powell was born in 1834 to a poor farm family.
		Powell reasoned that the Colorado River would have worn down most of the falls, and that the river coudl be navigable.
		Powell's writing on land management combines detailed descriptions of the climate and geography of the Western states with clear and original ideas for their organization and governance.
	www.csua.berkeley.edu /~cda/powell.html (1296 words)

	Merriam-Powell Center for Environmental Research
		John Wesley Powell was born in New York on 24 March 1834.
		This encounter fascinated Powell and began his lifelong study and appreciation of Native Americans and the study of ethnology.
		In 1869, John Wesley Powell led his first exploration down the Colorado River through what would later be known as the Grand Canyon.
	www.mpcer.nau.edu /powell.html (409 words)

	The Powell Expedition
		Major Powell was on shore scouting the rapid as the boat and its crew descended the rapid.
		At breakfast Powell tries to talk the men into continuing along with the party, explaining to them that the canyon will not be easy to climb out of here, and that the nearest Mormon settlement may be 75 miles or further away.
		Powell decides to abandon the "Emma Dean" since she has become unseaworthy and will not be necessary given the reduction in size of the party.
	www.kaibab.org /powell/powexp.htm (4449 words)

	John Wesley Powell Biography and Summary
		Maj. John Wesley Powell was an explorer, writer, geologist, anthropologist, land planner, and bureaucrat.
		John Wesley Powell—civil-war veteran, college professor, long-time head of the U.S. Geological Survey, member of the National Academy of Sciences, president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and instrumental in the esta...
		John Wesley Powell(March 24, 1834- September 23, 1902) was a U.S. soldier, geologist, and explorer of the American West.
	www.bookrags.com /John_Wesley_Powell (235 words)

	John Wesley Powell Grand Canyon - Grand Canyon History
		The Paiute Indians called the Grand Canyon, "Kaibab" or "Mountain Lying Down." The Spanish called the Grand Canyon, "Gran Canon." John Wesley Powell dubbed it the "Grand Canyon" in 1872.
		The Grand Canyon area was declared a national monument in 1908 and was declared a national park on February 26, 1919.
		A thirty five year old, one armed civil war vet, John Wesley Powell, had a theory that the Colorado River preceded the canyons that surround it.
	www.zionnational-park.com /ghistory.htm (629 words)

	125th - Articles - History - Photography of the John Wesley Powell Voyage of 1871-72
		In May of 1871, Major John Wesley Powell was looking to hire help for his upcoming second expedition through the Grand Canyon.
		Powell put Hillers in charge of completing the photographic aspects for the remainder of the voyage and beyond.
		Powell 4: J.K. Hillers at work as photographer on the Aquarius Plateau in Utah in July 1875.
	www.usgs.gov /125/articles/powell.html (542 words)

	John Wesley Powell
		Major John Wesley Powell was 35 years old when he led his first expedition through the Canyon.
		Powell's claim that the trips were undertaken for purely scientific motives was surely disingenuous -- his motives were far more complex.
		Powell spoke Science to the Government, and Adventure to the Public.
	www.songbird.com /gc/powell.html (1317 words)

	John Wesley Powell Jackson Ohio's Most Famous Son
		Begun in 1934 and completed on February 6, 1938, this memorial to Jackson's most famous native son John Wesley Powell is just north of the Courthouse in downtown Jackson.
		The Powell Memorial is constructed of stones, primarily donated by the Improved Order of Redmen.
		Powell was the first man to navigate the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River, and served as the first Director of the Smithsonian's Bureau of Ethnology and assisted in founding the United States Geological Survey.
	www.jacksoncountyohio.org /jw/live/powell/jwpfront.htm (253 words)

	John Wesley Powell - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Powell, John Wesley (1834-1902), American ethnologist, geologist, explorer, and government administrator, known for his work as the first major...
		John Wesley Powell Visits the Pueblo Indians in 1870
		Although American explorer and scientist John Wesley Powell may be best known for his pioneering run down the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River,...
	encarta.msn.com /John_Wesley_Powell.html (146 words)

	John Wesley Powell
		When Powell was twelve he first encountered Native Americans of the Winnebago Tribe near a family farm in Wisconsin where he learned that the land his family farmed used to be a part of their hunting grounds.
		Powell focused at an early age botany and geology, traveling the Mississippi River in a rowboat its entire length.
		Powell’s goals on the first expedition were to map and survey the river and canyon.
	www.emporia.edu /earthsci/student/salley1/powell.htm (1455 words)

	All Hikers - John Wesley Powell
		It was on field trips out west that Powell began to formulate his idea of exploring the Grand Canyon of the Colorado itself.
		On May 24, 1869, Powell and nine men he recruited for a truly monumental journey pushed from shore their boats and headed down the Green River from Green River, Wyoming, amidst shouts and cheers from onlookers who must have thought they would never see these 10 men again.
		Until his own voluntary retirement from the survey in 1894, Powell also was the head of the Bureau of Ethnology which he continued to run until his death in 1902 despite failing health mainly due to his amputated arm which was a great source of periodic pain.
	www.allhikers.com /Allhikers/History/Historical-Figures/John-Wesley-Powell.htm (1333 words)

	The American Experience \| Lost in the Grand Canyon \| People & Events \| John Wesley Powell, Anthrop.
		John Wesley Powell and the Bureau of Ethnology
		Powell's main goal in 1868, during that first winter among the Indians, was to collect geological and geographic data about the region, but the area around his camp, now know as Powell Bottoms, was heavily populated with Utes.
		In the spring of 1873, when Powell was hired by the Bureau of Indian Affairs to investigate the "conditions and wants" of the Great Basin Indians, the photographer John K. Hillers accompanied the Major on his extensive travels in the Southwest.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/canyon/peopleevents/pandeAMEX05.html (821 words)

	Grand Canyon History : John Wesley Powell
		John Wesley Powell (1834-1902) changed all this forever and firmly implanted the Colorado on the American consciousness.
		Powell’s rugged determination not to give up paid off when three months after beginning their journey, he and his remaining crew emerged from the Grand Canyon triumphant and reached the mouth of the Virgin River (now under Lake Mead) on August 30.
		Powell had hoped to accomplish far more scientifically, but loss of instruments and the need to survive had limited his work.
	www.explorethecanyon.com /john-wesley-powell.html (575 words)

	John Wesley Powell
		Writer John Upton Terrell portrayed John Wesley Powell as "The man who rediscovered America." John's father, Joseph Powell, was born in the ancient town of Shrewsburg in 1800.
		Not until John Wesley Powell, a one-armed geologist, electrified the world with his daring exploration of the Colorado River in 1869, did people of Jackson recall their former fellow citizens.
		John Wesley returned to Chillicothe and Cincinnati in later years to lecture, but it is said that he never visited in Jackson.
	www.jacksonohio.org /jwpowell.htm (812 words)

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