John Wesley Powell

Powell as he appears at the [[National Portrait Gallery (United States)|National Portrait Gallery]] in Washington, D.C. John Wesley Powell (March 24, 1834 – September 23, 1902) was an American geologist, U.S. Army soldier, explorer of the American West, professor at Illinois Wesleyan University, and director of major scientific and cultural institutions. He is famous for his 1869 geographic expedition, a three-month river trip down the Green and Colorado rivers, including the first official U.S. government-sponsored passage through the Grand Canyon.

Powell was appointed by US President James A. Garfield to serve as the second director of the U.S. Geological Survey (1881–1894) and proposed, for development of the arid West, policies that were prescient for his accurate evaluation of conditions. Two years prior to his service as director of the U.S. Geological Survey, Major Powell had become the first director of the Bureau of Ethnology at the Smithsonian Institution where he supported linguistic and sociological research and publications. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Exploration of the Colorado River of the west and its tributaries, explored in 1869, 1870, 1871 and 1872 under the direction of the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution by Powell, John Wesley

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    Report of explorations in 1873 of the Colorado of the west and its tributaries by Powell, John Wesley

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    Report on the geology of the Eastern portion of the Uinta Mountains and a region of country adjacent thereto by Powell, John Wesley

    Published 1876
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    Mythologic philosophy by Powell, John Wesley

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    Exploration of the Colorado River of the west and its tributaries, explored in 1869, 1870, 1871 and 1872 under the direction of the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution by Powell, John Wesley

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    Report of explorations in 1873 of the Colorado of the west and its tributaries by Powell, John Wesley

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    <<The>> three methods of evolution presidential address delivered before the Philosophical Society of Washington, December 8, 1883 by Powell, John Wesley

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    Tenth annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1888-'89 by Powell, John Wesley 1834-1902, Powell, John Wesley 1834-1902

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    Report of explorations in 1873 of the Colorado of the West and its tributaries by Powell, John Wesley 1834-1902

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    Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and its tributaries explored in 1869, 1870, 1873 and 1872 under the direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution by Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902

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    Proceedings of the meeting commemorative of his distinguished services : held in Columbian University under the Auspices of the Washington Academy of Sciences, February 16, 1903 he... by Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902

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    Exploration of the Colorado river of the west and its tributaries explored in 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872 under the direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution by Powell, John Wesley 1834-1902

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    Truth and error or the science of intellection by Powell, John Wesley 1834-1902

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    Outlines of the philosophy of the North American Indians by Powell, John Wesley 1834-1902

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    <<An>> overland trip to the Grand Cañon by Powell, John Wesley 1834-1902

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    Report of explorations in 1873 of the Colorado of the West and its tributaries by Powell, John Wesley 1834-1902

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    Physiographic processes by Powell, John Wesley 1834-1902

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    Physiographic features by Powell, John Wesley 1834-1902

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    Physiographic regions of the United States by Powell, John Wesley 1834-1902

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    Exploration of the Colorado river of the west and its tributaries explored in 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872 under the direction of the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution by Powell, John Wesley 1834-1902

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