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Canyons of the Colorado

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John Wesley Powell was a pioneer American explorer, ethnologist, and geologist in the 19th Century. In 1869 he set out to explore the Colorado and the Grand Canyon. He gathered nine men, four boats and food for ten months and set out from Green River, Wyoming, on May 24. Passing through dangerous rapids, the group passed down the Green River to its confluence with the Colorado River (then also known as the Grand River upriver from the junction), near present-day Moab, Utah.

The expedition's route traveled through the Utah canyons of the Colorado River, which Powell described in his published diary as having …wonderful features—carved walls, royal arches, glens, alcove gulches, mounds and monuments. From which of these features shall we select a name? We decide to call it Glen Canyon. (Ironically, now almost completely submerged by Lake Powell, behind the Glen Canyon Dam.)

One man (Goodman) quit after the first month and another three (Dunn and the Howland brothers) left at Separation Rapid in the third, only two days before the group reached the mouth of the Virgin River on August 30 after traversing almost 1,500 km. The three who left the group late in the trip were later killed—probably by Indians.

Powell retraced the route in 1871-1872 with another expedition, producing photographs, an accurate map, and various papers, including ethnographic reports of the area's Native Americans and a monograph on their languages. --adapted from Wikipedia (8 hr 7 min)

Chapters

Preface

6:30

Read by Joan Freeman

The Valley of the Colorado

21:36

Read by J. M. Smallheer

Mesas and Buttes

32:50

Read by J. M. Smallheer

Mountains and Plateaus

20:31

Read by Bryan Ness

Cliffs and Terraces

28:31

Read by Bryan Ness

From Green River City to Flaming Gorge

17:38

Read by Bryan Ness

From Flaming Gorge to the Gate of Lodore

20:46

Read by J. M. Smallheer

The Canyon of Lodore

21:04

Read by Bryan Ness

From Echo Park to the Mouth of the Uinta River

29:35

Read by Bryan Ness

From the Mouth of the Uinta River to the Junction of the Grand and

25:50

Read by Kirsten Ferreri

From the Junction of the Grand and Green to the Mouth of the Little

57:41

Read by Kevin McAsh

From the Little Colorado to the Foot of the Grand Canyon

1:07:45

Read by Robin Cotter

The Rio Virgen and the Uinkaret Mountains

1:04:51

Read by Sibella Denton

Over the River

32:05

Read by geofred

To Zuni

16:39

Read by Michelle Crandall

The Grand Canyon

23:34

Read by Sarah Jennings

Bewertungen

very eloquent descriptions of amazing places

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Anyone interested in the seemingly intractable controversies over the future of the Colorado River (2023) should listen to the narration of this fascinating book written by the inimitable John Wesley Powell.

Amazing travelog through astounding country

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Thank you, reader, for taking us along on every step of the journey.