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John Wesley Powell (March 24, 1834 – September 23, 1902) was an American geologist, U.S. Army soldier, explorer of the American West, professor at Illinois Wesleyan University, and director of major scientific and cultural institutions. He is famous for his 1869 geographic expedition, a three-month river trip down the Green and Colorado rivers, including the first official U.S. government-sponsored passage through the Grand Canyon. (From Wikipedia) More about John Wesley Powell:
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11 additional books about John Wesley Powell in the extended shelves:![[X-Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/infouc.gif) A canyon voyage. (G. P. Putnam's sons, 1908), by Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh (page images at HathiTrust)- John Wesley Powell: soldier, explorer, scientist. ([Washington], 1969), by Geological Survey (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
- John Wesley Powell, a memorial to an American explorer and scholar. (The Open court publishing company, 1903), by Grove Karl Gilbert, Paul Carus, Marcus Baker, and Martha D. Lincoln (page images at HathiTrust)
- Notes on Hillers' photographs of the Paiute and Ute Indians taken on the Powell expedition of 1873 (The Smithsonian institution, 1939), by Julian Haynes Steward and John K. Hillers (page images at HathiTrust)
- Exploration of the Colorado River (U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 1995), by Mary C. Rabbitt and Geological Survey (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Colorado river controversies (Dodd, Mead & Company, 1932), by Robert Brewster Stanton and James McGowan Chalfant (page images at HathiTrust)
- Biographical memoir of John Wesley Powell, 1834-1902 (National academy of sciences, 1915), by William Morris Davis (page images at HathiTrust)
- John Wesley Powell. Proceedings of a meeting commemorative of his distinguished services, held in Columbian University under the auspices of the Washington Academy of Sciences, February 16, 1903. (The Academy, 1903), by D.C.) Washington Academy of Sciences (Washington (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Colorado River Region and John Wesley Powell. A collection of papers honoring Powell on the 100th anniversary of his exploration of the Colorado River, 1869-1969. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1969), by John Wesley Powell (page images at HathiTrust)
- John Wesley Powell : soldier, explorer, scientist ([Arlington, VA] : [U.S. Dept. of the Interior/Geological Survey], [1980], 1980), by Mary C. Rabbitt (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Canyon Voyage: The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872, by Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh (Gutenberg ebook)
Books by John Wesley Powell: ![[Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/info.gif) Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Canyons of the Colorado (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Indian Linguistic Families of America North of Mexico (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages With Words, Phrases, and Sentences to be Collected (Washington: G.P.O., 1877) (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Physiographic Regions of the United States (New York et al.: American Book Co., 1895)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Report of Explorations in 1873 of the Colorado of the West and its Tributaries (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1874) (page images in Germany)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Report on the Lands of the Arid Region of the United States, With a More Detailed Account of the Lands of Utah (second edition; Washington: GPO, 1879) (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902, contrib.: Zuni Folk Tales, by Frank Hamilton Cushing (HTML at sacred-texts.com)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902, contrib.: Zuñi Folk Tales (New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1901), by Frank Hamilton Cushing
Additional books by John Wesley Powell in the extended shelves:- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Abstract of transactions of the Anthropological society of Washington, D.C., with the annual address of the president, for the first year, ending January 20, 1880, and the second year, ending January 18, 1881. (Washington, 1881), also by D.C.) Anthropological Society of Washington (Washington (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology, 1887-'88 (G.P.O., 1892), also by Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of Ethnology, John Gregory Bourke, John Murdoch, and Alaska International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Atlas accompanying the report on the geology of a portion of the Uinta Mountains (Govt. Print. Off., 1876), also by Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.) and Charles A. White (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Collected papers. (1903) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: The Colorado River Region and John Wesley Powell. A collection of papers honoring Powell on the 100th anniversary of his exploration of the Colorado River, 1869-1969. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1969) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Contributions to North American ethnology (Govt. Print. Off., 1877), also by Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Contributions to North American ethnology. Vol. I-VII, IX. (Govt. Print. Off., 1877), also by Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology and Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902, ed.: The Coronado Expedition, 1540-1542.: Excerpted from the Fourteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1892-1893, Part 1., by George Parker Winship, contrib. by Pedro de Castañeda de Nájera, Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, Juan Camilo Jaramillo, and Antonio de Mendoza (Gutenberg ebook)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902, ed.: Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology: to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, contrib. by Victor Mindeleff and James Stevenson (Gutenberg ebook)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: The exploration of the Colorado River. (Anchor books, 1961) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: The exploration of the Colorado River and its canyons. (Dover Publications, 1961) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and its tributaries : explored in 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872, under the direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (G.P.O., 1875), also by G. Brown Goode, Elliott Coues, A. H. Thompson, and Smithsonian Institution (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and its tributaries : explored in 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872 (G.P.O., 1875), also by Joseph Henry, G. Brown Goode, Elliott Coues, A. H. Thompson, and Smithsonian Institution (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902, ed.: First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology: to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1879-1880, Government Printing Office 1881, contrib. by James Owen Dorsey, Albert S. Gatschet, Edward S. Holden, Garrick Mallery, James Constantine Pilling, Stephen Return Riggs, Charles C. Royce, and H. C. Yarrow (Gutenberg ebook)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: First through the Grand Canyon (Outing Publishing Co., 1915), also by Horace Kephart (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: First through the Grand Canyon (Outing publishing company, 1915), also by Horace Kephart (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: First through the Grand canyon, being the record of the pioneer exploration of the Colorado River in 1869-70. (Macmillan, 1925) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: First through the Grand Canyon : being the record of the pioneer exploration of the Colorado River in 1869-70 (Nelson Doubleday, 1915), also by Horace Kephart (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: First through the Grand Canyon : Being the record of the pioneer exploration of the Colorado River in 1869-70, ed. by Horace Kephart (Gutenberg ebook)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Geology of the high plateaus of Utah (Government Printing Office, 1880), also by Clarence E. Dutton and Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Indian Linguistic Families of America, North of Mexico: Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 1-142 (Gutenberg ebook)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Introduction to the study of Indian languages with phrases and sentences to be collected. (Gov't. print. office, 1880), also by Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Introduction to the study of Indian languages : with words, phrases and sentences to be collected (Govt. Print. Off., 1880), also by Chauncey Abrams, Asher Wright, Udo J. Keppler, Huntington Free Library, Heye Foundation Museum of the American Indian, and Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Introduction to the study of Indian languages, with words, phrases, and sentences to be collected. (Govt. Print. Off., 1877), also by Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Introduction to the study of Indian languages : with words, phrases and sentences to be collected (G.P.O., 1880), also by Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Lands of the arid regions of the United States, with a more detailed account of the lands of Utah. (Government Printing Office, 1879), also by Willis Drummond, Willis Drummond, A. H. Thompson, Clarence E. Dutton, Grove Karl Gilbert, and Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: On Limitations to the Use of Some Anthropologic Data (Gutenberg ebook)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: On primitive institutions (Dando printing & publishing co., 1896) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: On the Evolution of Language: First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 1-16 (Gutenberg ebook)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: On the organization of scientific work of the general government (Govt. print. off., 1885), also by Geological Survey United States. Congress. Joint Commission to Consider the Present Organizations of the Signal Service (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: On the organization of scientific work of the general government. Extracts from the testimony taken by the Joint Commission... (Washington, 1885), also by Geological Survey United States. Congress. Joint Commission to Consider the Present Organizations of the Signal Service (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: An overland trip to the Grand Cañon. (s.n., 1875) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Philology, or The science of activities designed for expresssion. (Washington, 1903) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: The philosophic bearings of Darwinism (Judd & Detweiler, printers, 1882) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Philosophy of the North American Indians (Douglas Taylor, book, job and law printer, cor. Nassau & Fulton sts, 1877), also by American Geographical Society of New York (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Physiographic regions of the United States. (American Book Company., 1895) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Report of explorations in 1873 of the Colorado of the West and its tributaries (Govt. Print. Off., 1874), also by Smithsonian Institution (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Report of special commissioners J. W. Powell and G. W. Ingalls on the condition of the Ute Indians of Utah; the Pai-Utes of Utah, northern Arizona, southern Nevada, and southeastern California; the Go-si Utes of Utah and Nevada; the northwestern Shoshones of Idaho and Utah; and the western Shoshones of Nevada (Govt. print. off., 1873), also by United States Bureau of Indian Affairs and G. W. Ingalls (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Report of special commissioners J. W. Powell and G. W. Ingalls on the condition of the Ute Indians of Utah; the Pai-Utes of Utah, northern Arizona, southern Nevada, and southeastern California; the Go-si Utes of Utah and Nevada; the northwestern Shoshones of Idaho and Utah; and the western Shoshones of Nevada; and report concerning claims of settlers in the Mo-a-pa valley (southeastern Nevada) (Govt. print. off., 1874), also by United States Bureau of Indian Affairs and G. W. Ingalls (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Report of the explorations in 1873 of the Colorado of the West and its tributaries (Govt. print. off., 1874), also by Smithsonian Institution (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Report of the explorations in 1873 of the Colorado of the West and its tributaries (Govt. print. off., 1874), also by Smithsonian Institution (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Report of the Public Lands Commission (Govt. Print. Off., 1880), also by United States. Public Land Commission (1879-1880), Thomas Donaldson, Alexander Thompson Britton, Clarence King, and James Alexander Williamson (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Report on the Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region (Govt. Print. Off., 1877), also by Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Report on the lands of the arid region of the United States : with a more detailed account of the lands of Utah. With maps (Govt.print.off., 1879), also by Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region (U.S.), A. H. Thompson, Willis Drummond, Clarence E. Dutton, and Grove Karl Gilbert (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Report on the lands of the arid region of the United States, with a more detailed account of the lands of Utah. With maps. (Govt. print. off., 1879), also by Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region (U.S.), Willis Drummond, A. H. Thompson, Clarence E. Dutton, and Grove Karl Gilbert (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Report on the lands of the arid region of the United States, with a more detailed account of the lands of Utah, also by Willis Drummond, Clarence E. Dutton, Grove Karl Gilbert, and A. H. Thompson (Gutenberg ebook)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Report on the methods of surveying the public domain : to the secretary of the interior, at the request of the National academy of sciences (Gov't print. off., 1878), also by Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Scientific expedition to the Rocky Mountains. preliminary report to the Illinois State board of education. (Nason, 1867) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902, ed.: Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology: to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891 (Gutenberg ebook)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902, ed.: Sixth annual report of the Bureau of ethnology. (1888 N 06 / 1884-1885), contrib. by Franz Boas, James Owen Dorsey, William Henry Holmes, and Cyrus Thomas (Gutenberg ebook)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Sketch of the Mythology of the North American Indians: First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 17-56 (Gutenberg ebook)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Sociology, or the science of institutions (Govt. Print. Off., 1903) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Titan of chasms : the Grand Canyon of Arizona. (Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, 1916), also by C. A. Higgins and Topeka Atchison (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Titan of chasms, the Grand Canyon of Arizona. (Passenger Dept., Santa Fe, 1904), also by Charles Fletcher Lummis, C. A. Higgins, and Topeka Atchison (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Titan of chasms : the Grand Canyon of Arizona. (Passenger Dept., The Santa Fe, 1908), also by Charles Fletcher Lummis, C. A. Higgins, and Topeka Atchison (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Titan of chasms : the Grand Canyon of Arizona. (Passenger Dept., The Santa Fe, 1902), also by Charles Fletcher Lummis, C. A. Higgins, and Topeka Atchison (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Titan of Chasms: The Grand Canyon of Arizona, also by C. A. Higgins and Charles Fletcher Lummis (Gutenberg ebook)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Titan of chasms, the Grand Canyon of Arizona : information for tourists. (Passenger Department, The Santa Fe, 1905), also by Charles Fletcher Lummis and C. A. Higgins (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Titan of chasms; the Grand Canyon of Arizona. The titan of chasms, by C.A. Higgins. The scientific explorer, by J.W. Powell. The greatest thing in the world, by Chas. F. Lummis. Information for tourists ... 40th thousand. (Passenger department, The Santa Fe, 1903), also by C. A. Higgins and Charles Fletcher Lummis (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Titan of chasms; the Grand Canyon of Arizona. The titan of chasms, by C.A. Higgins. The scientific explorer, by J.W. Powell. The greatest thing in the world, by Chas. F. Lummis. Information for tourists ... 15th thousand. (Passenger department, The Santa Fe, 1902), also by C. A. Higgins and Charles Fletcher Lummis (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Titan of chasms; the Grand Canyon of Arizona. The titan of chasms, by C.A. Higgins. The scientific explorer, by J.W. Powell. The greatest thing in the world, by Chas. F. Lummis. Information for tourists ... 190th thousand. (Passenger department, The Santa Fe, 1906), also by C. A. Higgins and Charles Fletcher Lummis (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Tribes of California (Government Printing Office, 1877), also by Stephen Powers, Inc. Heckman Bindery, and Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Truth and error; or, The science of intellection (The Open court publishing company, 1898) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902: Wyandot Government: A Short Study of Tribal Society: Bureau of American Ethnology (Gutenberg ebook)
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