Canyons of the Colorado, or The exploration of the Colorado River and its Canyons by John Wesley Powell
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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 mon…
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Episodes
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00 – Preface
Jan 2, 2022·7m - 2
01 – The Valley of the Colorado
Hidden gemJohn Wesley Powell’s Chapter 1 maps the Colorado River from Grand Lake and the Green River to the Gulf of California, then measures its basin at about 300,000 square miles.
Jan 1, 2022·22m·1 clip - 3
02 – Mesas and Buttes
Hidden gemChapter II of Canyons of the Colorado moves across the San Francisco Plateau, the Little Colorado, and the Grand River country to explain mesas, buttes, volcanic necks, and canyon systems in northern Arizona and New Mexico.
Dec 31, 2021·33m·2 clips - 4
03 – Mountains and Plateaus
Hidden gemJohn Wesley Powell's “Mountains and Plateaus” traces the Green River from Fremont's Peak, 13,790 feet high, through Wyoming's mountain, desert, and plateau landscapes.
Dec 30, 2021·21m·1 clip - 5
04 – Cliffs and Terraces
Hidden gemJohn Wesley Powell explains how the terrace plateaus between the Paria, Colorado, Grand Wash, and Pine Mountains formed through uplift, erosion, and faulting.
Dec 29, 2021·29m·2 clips - 6
05 – From Green River City to the Flaming Gorge
Hidden gemJohn Wesley Powell names Flaming Gorge as "the first of the canyons we are about to explore."
Dec 28, 2021·18m·1 clip - 7
06 – From Flaming Gorge to the Gate of Lodore
Hidden gemJohn Wesley Powell's “From Flaming Gorge to the Gate of Lodore” follows a river expedition through Flaming Gorge, Horseshoe Canyon, Kingfisher Canyon, and Red Canyon.
Dec 27, 2021·21m·1 clip - 8
07 – The Canyon of Lodore
Dec 26, 2021·21m - 9
08 – From Echo Park to the Mouth of the Uinta
Dec 25, 2021·30m - 10
09 – From the Mouth of the Uinta River to the Junction of Grand and Green
John Wesley Powell's expedition encounters a garden on an island and suffers from eating potato tops, then continues through a canyon.
Dec 24, 2021·26m - 11
10 – From the Junction of the Grand and Green to the Mouth of the Little Colorado
This episode details the challenges faced by John Wesley Powell's expedition as they repair equipment and ration supplies after losses, while attempting to climb the canyon walls.
Dec 23, 2021·58m - 12
11 – From the Little Colorado to the Foot of the Grand Canyon
Dec 22, 2021·8m - 13
12 – The Rio Virgen and the Uinkaret Mountains
Dec 21, 2021·5m - 14
13 – Over the River
John Wesley Powell recounts his 1869 expedition to explore the Colorado River and Grand Canyon, detailing preparations and early travel through the Kaiba Plateau.
Dec 20, 2021·32m - 15
14 – To Zuni
Dec 19, 2021·17m - 16
15 – The Grand Canyon
John Wesley Powell describes the geology and features of the Grand Canyon during his 1869 expedition.
Dec 18, 2021·24m