LEADER 03717oam 22007694a 450 001 9910213824203321 005 20240418034216.0 010 $a1-283-26740-3 010 $a9786613267405 010 $a0-87421-665-6 035 $a(CKB)2670000000114154 035 $a(EBL)769752 035 $a(OCoLC)751695426 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000535652 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11375573 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000535652 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10522981 035 $a(PQKB)10460086 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3442866 035 $a(OCoLC)607884411 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse12715 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3442866 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10500185 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL326740 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC769752 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL769752 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000114154 100 $a20061229d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDamming Grand Canyon$eThe 1923 USGS Colorado River Expedition /$fDiane E. Boyer and Robert H. Webb ; U.S. Geological Survey ; foreword by Michael Collier 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLogan, Utah :$cUtah State University Press,$d2007. 210 4$dİ2007. 215 $a1 online resource (304 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-87421-660-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aWater 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. 330 $aIn 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 exped 606 $aWater resources development$zArizona$zGrand Canyon$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWater-supply$xPolitical aspects$zArizona$zGrand Canyon$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aDams$zColorado River (Colo.-Mexico)$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aRiver surveys$zColorado River (Colo.-Mexico)$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aColorado River (Colo.-Mexico)$xEnvironmental conditions 607 $aGrand Canyon (Ariz.)$xEnvironmental conditions 607 $aColorado River (Colo.-Mexico)$xDescription and travel 607 $aGrand Canyon (Ariz.)$xDescription and travel 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWater resources development$xHistory 615 0$aWater-supply$xPolitical aspects$xHistory 615 0$aDams$xHistory 615 0$aRiver surveys$xHistory 676 $a917.91/320434 676 $a917.91320434 700 $aBoyer$b Diane E$0904721 701 $aWebb$b Robert H$0123725 712 02$aGeological Survey (U.S.) 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910213824203321 996 $aDamming Grand Canyon$92023199 997 $aUNINA