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John Wesley Powell

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A&E Biography - John Wesley Powell

 

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John Wesley Powell in the Grand Canyon

 

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John Wesley Powell: A documentary

 

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See artifacts discovered by John Wesley Powell at the Natural History Museum of Utah

 

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Celebrating John Wesley Powell's river expedition 150 years later

John Wesley Powell was a U.S. soldier, geologist, explorer of the American West, professor at Illinois Wesleyan University, and director of major scientific and cultural institutions. He is famous for the 1869 Powell 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.
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