John Wesley Powell a Memorial to An American Explorer And Scholar Comprising a
John Wesley Powell a Memorial to An American Explorer And Scholar Comprising a
Grove Karl Gilbert
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The material thus gathered was sent to Denver and thence shipped east to the museum at Normal, from which it was to be distributed to the sev- eral institutions contributing to the expense of the expedition. But Professor Powell did not return to the East himself. With a part of his scientific corps and a number of mountaineers he JOHN WESLEY POWELL. 2Q crossed the mountains to the westward of Middle Park and went down to the valley of the White River, where he established winter quarters. Here... three small log houses were built on the margin of a great cottonwood grove not far from the banks of the river. It had been previously arranged that early in the winter some members of the party should return east ; so in December while the main party remained behind at winter quarters Powell went with these persons, and with three or four hunters, northwestward to where the Union Pacific railroad now crosses Green River. The whole journey was through a region at that time unknown and without roads and trails.
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