John Wesley Powell was a U.S. Army soldier, explorer of the American West, and director of major scientific and cultural institutions. He is famous for his 1869 geographic expedition, a three-month ri
Powell as he appears at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
John Wesley Powell and his wife, Emma, in Detroit in 1863.
First camp of the John Wesley Powell expedition [second Colorado River expedition], in the willows, Green River, Wyoming, 1871.
Powell (right) with Tau-gu, a Southern Paiute, 1871–1872.
Lake Powell is a reservoir on the Colorado River in Utah and Arizona, United States. It is a major vacation destination visited by approximately two million people every year. It holds 24,322,000 acre
John Wesley Powell
…The rare mineral powellite. Lake Powell, a man-made reservoir on the Colorado River. Mount Powell, a summit in the Sierra Nevada of California…
Glen Canyon Dam in Page, Arizona
Glen Canyon Dam and Colorado River bridge
Lake Powell, looking southwest at sunrise