Hell or high water : James White's disputed passage through Grand Canyon, 1867 /
Although John Wesley Powell and party are usually given credit for the first river descent through the Grand Canyon, the ghost of James White has haunted those claims. White was a Colorado prospector, who, almost two years before Powell's journey, washed up on a makeshift raft at Callville, Nev...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Logan :
Utah State University Press,
[2001]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Although John Wesley Powell and party are usually given credit for the first river descent through the Grand Canyon, the ghost of James White has haunted those claims. White was a Colorado prospector, who, almost two years before Powell's journey, washed up on a makeshift raft at Callville, Nevada. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (220 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-217) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0874214653 9780874214659 |