Damming Grand Canyon the 1923 USGS Colorado River expedition /

Boyer, Diane E.

Damming Grand Canyon the 1923 USGS Colorado River expedition / [electronic resource] : Diane E. Boyer and Robert H. Webb ; U.S. Geological Survey ; foreword by Michael Collier. - Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, c2007. - xiii, 289 p. : ill., maps.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Water and the Colorado desert -- Where should the dams be? politics, the Colorado River Compact, and the Geological Survey's role -- Prelude to an expedition : Washington and Flagstaff -- A cumbersome journey : Flagstaff to Lee's Ferry to the Little Colorado River -- Surveys and portages : Furnace Flats through the Inner Gorge -- Of flips and floods : Bass Canyon to Diamond Creek -- Feeling their oats : Diamond Creek to Needles -- Aftermath : politics and the strident hydraulic engineer.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780874216653 (electronic bk.)




Geological Survey (U.S.)--History--20th century.
Geological Survey (U.S.)--Biography.


River surveys--History--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--20th century.
Dams--History--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--20th century.
Water-supply--Political aspects--History--Arizona--Grand Canyon--20th century.
Water resources development--History--Arizona--Grand Canyon--20th century.


Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--Description and travel.
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--Description and travel.
Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--Environmental conditions.
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--Environmental conditions.


Electronic books.

F788 / .B69 2007

917.91/320434