Powell was a scientific frontiersman, but he was also a soldier, an academic, an anthropologist, an ethnologist, a linguist, a sociologist and an explorer of the American West. His most famous adventure was his involvement in the 1869 Powell Geographic Expedition, which is especially notable for the first known passage by non-Natives to be descended into the Grand Canyon. His life was filled with a great number of achievements that solidified his legacy
In 1842 John C. Frémont led a party of twenty-five men on a five-month journey from Saint Louis to t...
THE POWELL SURVEY, 1869-1873 The first recorded exploration of the Colorado River through Glen Cany...
posthumously (1932), contains statements by Sumner and Hawkins referring to the 1869 expedition, par...
Portrait of John Wesley Powell. (March 24, 1834 - September 23, 1902) was a U.S. soldier, geologist...
Scientist and explorer of the American West, John Wesley Powell moved from New York to Jackson with ...
John Wesley Powell (1834-1902) was a soldier who lost his arm in the Civil War, a geology professor,...
I should explain that this book is more or less an accident. It started with a suggestion by my frie...
John Wesley Powell (1834-1902) was a soldier who lost his arm in the Civil War, a geology professor,...
Led by naturalist John Wesley Powell, The Powell Geographic Expedition of 1869 covered investigation...
John Wesley Powell, with his his wife Emma Dean Powell, was a soldier who lost his arm in the Civil ...
Maj. John Wesley Powell. Explorer, Grand Canyon of the Colorado River. 1869-1871. Director, U.S. Geo...
Photograph of a portrait of Major John Wesley Powell, [s.d.]. He can be seen from the chest up facin...
Retired IWU Librarian Marcia Thomas on explorer John Wesley Powell, and the legacy of his 1869 Grand...
This is a detailed account of the expedition led by J.W. Powell deep into the Colorado River area. I...
This memorial to explorer John Wesley Powell is located near the county courthouse in Jackson, Ohio....
In 1842 John C. Frémont led a party of twenty-five men on a five-month journey from Saint Louis to t...
THE POWELL SURVEY, 1869-1873 The first recorded exploration of the Colorado River through Glen Cany...
posthumously (1932), contains statements by Sumner and Hawkins referring to the 1869 expedition, par...
Portrait of John Wesley Powell. (March 24, 1834 - September 23, 1902) was a U.S. soldier, geologist...
Scientist and explorer of the American West, John Wesley Powell moved from New York to Jackson with ...
John Wesley Powell (1834-1902) was a soldier who lost his arm in the Civil War, a geology professor,...
I should explain that this book is more or less an accident. It started with a suggestion by my frie...
John Wesley Powell (1834-1902) was a soldier who lost his arm in the Civil War, a geology professor,...
Led by naturalist John Wesley Powell, The Powell Geographic Expedition of 1869 covered investigation...
John Wesley Powell, with his his wife Emma Dean Powell, was a soldier who lost his arm in the Civil ...
Maj. John Wesley Powell. Explorer, Grand Canyon of the Colorado River. 1869-1871. Director, U.S. Geo...
Photograph of a portrait of Major John Wesley Powell, [s.d.]. He can be seen from the chest up facin...
Retired IWU Librarian Marcia Thomas on explorer John Wesley Powell, and the legacy of his 1869 Grand...
This is a detailed account of the expedition led by J.W. Powell deep into the Colorado River area. I...
This memorial to explorer John Wesley Powell is located near the county courthouse in Jackson, Ohio....
In 1842 John C. Frémont led a party of twenty-five men on a five-month journey from Saint Louis to t...
THE POWELL SURVEY, 1869-1873 The first recorded exploration of the Colorado River through Glen Cany...
posthumously (1932), contains statements by Sumner and Hawkins referring to the 1869 expedition, par...