Canyons of the Colorado, or The exploration of the Colorado River and its Canyons by John Wesley Powell
16 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★ - 2 ratingsJohn Wesley Powell was a pioneer American explorer, ethnologist, and geologist in the 19th Century. In 1869 he set out to explore the Colorado and the Grand Canyon. He gathered nine men, four boats and food for ten months and set out from Green River, Wyoming, on May 24. Passing through dangerous rapids, the group passed down the Green River to its confluence with the Colorado River (then also known as the Grand River upriver from the junction), near present-day Moab, Utah. The expedition’s route traveled through the Utah canyons of the Colorado River, which Powell described in his published diary as having …wonderful features—carved walls, royal arches, glens, alcove gulches, mounds and monuments. From which of these features shall we select a name? We decide to call it Glen Canyon. (Ironically, now almost completely submerged by Lake Powell, behind the Glen Canyon Dam.) One man (Goodman) quit after the first month and another three (Dunn and the Howland brothers) left at Separation Rapid in the third, only two days before the group reached the mouth of the Virgin River on August 30 after traversing almost 1,500 km. The three who left the group late in the trip were later killed—probably by Indians. Powell retraced the route in 1871-1872 with another expedition, producing photographs, an accurate map, and various papers, including ethnographic reports of the area’s Native Americans and a monograph on their languages.
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Episodes
01 – The Valley of the Colorado
January 01, 2024 00:00 - 21 minutes - 9.54 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
02 – Mesas and Buttes
December 31, 2023 00:00 - 32 minutes - 14.3 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
03 – Mountains and Plateaus
December 30, 2023 00:00 - 20 minutes - 8.58 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
04 – Cliffs and Terraces
December 29, 2023 00:00 - 28 minutes - 12.4 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
05 – From Green River City to the Flaming Gorge
December 28, 2023 00:00 - 17 minutes - 7.63 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
06 – From Flaming Gorge to the Gate of Lodore
December 27, 2023 00:00 - 20 minutes - 8.58 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
07 – The Canyon of Lodore
December 26, 2023 00:00 - 21 minutes - 9.54 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
08 – From Echo Park to the Mouth of the Uinta
December 25, 2023 00:00 - 29 minutes - 13.4 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
09 – From the Mouth of the Uinta River to the Junction of Grand and Green
December 24, 2023 00:00 - 25 minutes - 11.4 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
10 – From the Junction of the Grand and Green to the Mouth of the Little Colorado
December 23, 2023 00:00 - 57 minutes - 25.7 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
11 – From the Little Colorado to the Foot of the Grand Canyon
December 22, 2023 00:00 - 7 minutes - 30.5 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
12 – The Rio Virgen and the Uinkaret Mountains
December 21, 2023 00:00 - 4 minutes - 29.6 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
13 – Over the River
December 20, 2023 00:00 - 32 minutes - 14.3 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
15 – The Grand Canyon
December 18, 2023 00:00 - 23 minutes - 10.5 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com