..., and Ferdinard Hayden’s state-based surveys. In addition, following the Civil War, the U.S. Geological Survey continued Hayden’s Survey, and expanded them by adding Clarence King’s, William Morton Wheeler’s, and, later, John Wesley Powell’s surveys. These surveys provided the specimens that stocked...

... to transfer governmental and cultural materials relating to Native people from the Interior Department to the Smithsonian Institution. But its founding director, John Wesley Powell, also envisioned the bureau as the vessel to support a burgeoning new field of anthropology. While the Smithsonian requested...

... spent the latter portion of his career in the United States and proceeding to geological greats such as John Wesley Powell and others, the New World offered unique insights impacting how geology advanced. This difference is related to the immense size of the continent, its wealth of resources...

... together the music of “old” composers with newer audiences in the present day. Grand Canyon Colorado River string quartet geologic time river rafting nature John Wesley Powell Raven Chacon Grand Canyon Festival In June 2011, the first movement of Schumann’s A-major String Quartet was played...

...This chapter covers the human relation to landscapes, esthetic beauty of views, and the adventures of John Wesley Powell in exploring the Green and Colorado Rivers in 1869. It outlines Powell’s expedition, which started in Green River City, Wyoming and ended at the mouth of the Virgin River...

...This chapter describes public lands policies developed during the Fifty-first Congress (1889–1891). This Congress did little on public lands in its first session, but that changed dramatically in the second session, beginning in March 1890. As the year began, John Wesley Powell was working...

...Brigham Young, John Wesley Powell, Jacob Hamblin, John D. Lee, William Dame, and many others take an exploring trip together. During the trip, Young tells Lee to move to the Paria River country. Later, Young learns from Erastus Snow about the role of Lee and others in the massacre. After returning...