Boyer, Diane E. <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780874216653 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Geological Survey (U.S.)--History--20th century.<br/>Geological Survey (U.S.)--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>River surveys--History--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--20th century.<br/>Dams--History--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--20th century.<br/>Water-supply--Political aspects--History--Arizona--Grand Canyon--20th century.<br/>Water resources development--History--Arizona--Grand Canyon--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--Description and travel.<br/>Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--Description and travel.<br/>Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--Environmental conditions.<br/>Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--Environmental conditions.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F788  / .B69 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>917.91/320434