Rough-Water Man : Elwyn Blake'S Colorado River Expeditions /

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In 1902 the passage of the Reclamation Act and its mandate for the federal government to build dams for irrigation in the West created a need for accurate topographical surveys and geological studies of the rivers where the dams would be built. By 1920 the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and other age...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Westwood, Dick, 1921-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Reno, Nev. : University of Nevada Press, 1992.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Blake, Henry Elwyn, > -1980.
Travel.
River engineering.
Canyons.
Boaters (Persons)
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Adventure.
TRAVEL > Road Travel.
TRAVEL > Reference.
TRAVEL > Parks & Campgrounds.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Ecotourism.
TRAVEL > Budget.
TRAVEL > Hikes & Walks.
TRAVEL > Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
Canyons > Colorado, Bassin du (Col.-Mexique)
Technologie fluviale > Colorado, Bassin du (Col.-Mexique) > Histoire.
Canyons > Colorado River Watershed (Colo.-Mexico)
Boaters (Persons) > Colorado River Watershed (Colo.-Mexico) > Biography.
River engineering > Colorado River Watershed (Colo.-Mexico) > History.
North America > Colorado River Watershed.
Colorado, Bassin du (Col.-Mexique) > Leves.
Colorado, Bassin du (Col.-Mexique) > Descriptions et voyages.
Colorado River Watershed (Colo.-Mexico) > Surveys.
Colorado River Watershed (Colo.-Mexico) > Description and travel.
Biographies.
Surveys.
History.
Biography
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. San Juan River Expedition. 1. Preparation and Start. 2. Comb Wash to Mexican Hat. 3. Mexican Hat to Clay Hills Crossing. 4. Clay Hills Crossing to Piute Canyon. 5. Piute Canyon to the Colorado. 6. Cataract Canyon. 7. San Juan Mouth to Lee's Ferry
  • pt. 2. Green River Expedition. 8. Green River to Red Canyon. 9. Red Canyon. 10. Browns Park into Lodore. 11. Hell's Half Mile to Split Mountain. 12. Split Mountain to Green River
  • pt. 3. Grand Canyon Expedition. 13. Lee's Ferry to Soap Creek. 14. Soap Creek to the Little Colorado. 15. Lava Creek to Trinity Creek. 16. Trinity Creek to Specter Chasm. 17. Specter Chasm to Lava Falls. 18. Lava Falls to Travertine Canyon. 19. Travertine Canyon to Needles, California.

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