The Great Unknown: The Journals of the Historic First Expedition Down the Colorado RiverJohn R. Cooley Compilation of all surviving journals, accounts and letters of the ten men who first explored the Colorado River and Grand Canyon in 1869. |
Contents
The Adventurous | 5 |
The Journals | 13 |
Preparations for Departure | 19 |
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25 June 28 August altitude Andy Hall August bad rapid bank barometer beautiful broken Brown's Hole caņon Canyon Bradley Captain Powell cliff climb Colorado River comes cook cottonwood crags Creek crew cross dinner distance Dunn east side Emma Dean expedition exploration foot gorge Grand Canyon granite Green River half a mile hard Hawkins head Howland brothers hundred feet Indians island John Wesley Powell July junction June land Lee's Ferry Lodore look lost Major Powell marble miles today Mormon morning mountain mouth narrow nearly night noon o'clock oars Park party pass PLATEAU portage Powell Account Powell's pulled rain rations reach rocks ropes sand sandstone seen side canyon soon stream Sumner Account swift trip Uinta Mountains Uinta River valley walls waves Whirlpool Canyon whirlpools White River yards