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John Wesley Powell | | Birth Date: |
March 24, 1834 | | Death Date: |
September 23, 1902 | | Place of Birth: |
New York, United States | | Place of Death: |
Haven, Maine, United States | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
geologist, anthropologist, scientific explorer |
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 Biography of John Wesley Powell
606 words, approx. 2 pages
 American geologist, anthropologist, and scientific explorer, John Wesley Powell (1834-1902) made the first dramatic descent of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. His life was dedicated to exploring and conserving the natural... summary from source:
 Biography of John Wesley Powell
4,954 words, approx. 17 pages
 Maj. John Wesley Powell was an explorer, writer, geologist, anthropologist, land planner, and bureaucrat. He explored the last blank spot on the map of the United States; wrote one of the great real-life adventure stories in American literature,... 
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1,543 words, approx. 5 pages
John Wesley Powell (March 24, 1834 - September 23, 1902) was a U.S. soldier, geologist, and explorer of the American West. He is famous for the 1869 Powell Geographic Expedition, a three-month river trip down the Green and Colorado rivers that included...
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 Reason Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West.
12/01/1993: 567 words, approx. 2 pages John Wesley Powell's exploration of the Grand Canyon in 1869 required mental and physical heroism of Randian proportions. The one-armed Civil War veteran led expeditions down the uncharted Green and Colorado rivers, overcoming torrential rapids, near starvation, and hostile Indians. In the process, he... summary from source:
Environmental History A River Running West: The LIfe of John Wesley Powell
10/01/2001: 1,327 words, approx. 4 pages A River Running West: The Life of John Wesley Powell. By Donald Worster. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. xiii + 673 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $35.00. Major John Wesley Powell played a fabulous formative role in American environmental history. This...
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