03717oam 22007694a 450 991021382420332120240418034216.01-283-26740-397866132674050-87421-665-6(CKB)2670000000114154(EBL)769752(OCoLC)751695426(SSID)ssj0000535652(PQKBManifestationID)11375573(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000535652(PQKBWorkID)10522981(PQKB)10460086(MiAaPQ)EBC3442866(OCoLC)607884411(MdBmJHUP)muse12715(Au-PeEL)EBL3442866(CaPaEBR)ebr10500185(CaONFJC)MIL326740(MiAaPQ)EBC769752(Au-PeEL)EBL769752(EXLCZ)99267000000011415420061229d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDamming Grand CanyonThe 1923 USGS Colorado River Expedition /Diane E. Boyer and Robert H. Webb ; U.S. Geological Survey ; foreword by Michael Collier1st ed.Logan, Utah :Utah State University Press,2007.©2007.1 online resource (304 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-87421-660-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Water and the Colorado desert -- Where should the dams be? politics, the Colorado River Compact, and the Geological Survey's role -- Prelude to an expedition : Washington and Flagstaff -- A cumbersome journey : Flagstaff to Lee's Ferry to the Little Colorado River -- Surveys and portages : Furnace Flats through the Inner Gorge -- Of flips and floods : Bass Canyon to Diamond Creek -- Feeling their oats : Diamond Creek to Needles -- Aftermath : politics and the strident hydraulic engineer.In 1923, America paid close attention, via special radio broadcasts, newspaper headlines, and cover stories in popular magazines, as a government party descended the Colorado to survey Grand Canyon. Fifty years after John Wesley Powell's journey, the canyon still had an aura of mystery and extreme danger. At one point, the party was thought lost in a flood. Something important besides adventure was going on. Led by Claude Birdseye and including colorful characters such as early river-runner Emery Kolb, popular writer Lewis Freeman, and hydraulic engineer Eugene La Rue, the expedWater resources developmentArizonaGrand CanyonHistory20th centuryWater-supplyPolitical aspectsArizonaGrand CanyonHistory20th centuryDamsColorado River (Colo.-Mexico)History20th centuryRiver surveysColorado River (Colo.-Mexico)History20th centuryColorado River (Colo.-Mexico)Environmental conditionsGrand Canyon (Ariz.)Environmental conditionsColorado River (Colo.-Mexico)Description and travelGrand Canyon (Ariz.)Description and travelElectronic books. Water resources developmentHistoryWater-supplyPolitical aspectsHistoryDamsHistoryRiver surveysHistory917.91/320434917.91320434Boyer Diane E904721Webb Robert H123725Geological Survey (U.S.)MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910213824203321Damming Grand Canyon2023199UNINA