The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons

Abstract

The material you're about to read is directly from Powell's report of his journey into the great unknown. Prior to Powell's expedition, virtually nothing was known of the huge swatch of land between western Colorado and Nevada. It was a bleak, waterless and tortured land. On maps, it was a blank spot covering several degrees of latitude and marked unexplored. It drew Powell like a horse to water. He wanted to be the first to sketch in the features of the map, and most particularly the blue line showing the course of the unknown Colorado.

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