| Description |
1 online resource (220 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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List of Illustrations; Introduction; Prologue; 1 Callville; 2 Who Was James White?; 3 White's War; 4 The Road to Gold; 5 The Rescue; 6 Downriver Crier; 7 The News Spreads East; 8 General Palmer and the Railroad Survey; 9 Dr. Parry's Report; 10 Major Calhoun's Version; 11 Major Powell; 12 On the Road Again; 13 Powell's Conquest of the Grand Canyon; 14 Enter Robert Brewster Stanton; 15 Senate Document No. 42; 16 Battle of The Trail; 17 The White Family and Dock Marston; 18 Grand Canyon History: Discoveries and Rediscoveries; 19 Bob Euler and Square One; 20 In James White's Footsteps |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-217) and index |
| Notes |
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. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| In |
Books at JSTOR: Open Access JSTOR |
| Subject |
White, James, 1837-1927 -- Travel -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
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White, James, 1837-1927 -- Travel -- Arizona -- Grand Canyon
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White, James, 1837-1927 -- Travel -- Arizona -- Grand Canyon
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White, James, 1837-1927 -- Travel -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
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White, James, 1837-1927 fast |
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Gold miners -- Colorado -- Biography
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TRAVEL -- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
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TRAVEL -- Hikes & Walks.
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TRAVEL -- Budget.
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Ecotourism.
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TRAVEL -- Parks & Campgrounds.
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TRAVEL -- Reference.
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TRAVEL -- Road Travel.
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Adventure.
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HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century.
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Discoveries in geography
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Gold miners
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Travel
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Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Discovery and exploration
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Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Description and travel
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Grand Canyon (Ariz.) -- Discovery and exploration
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Grand Canyon (Ariz.) -- Description and travel
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Arizona -- Grand Canyon
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Colorado
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North America -- Colorado River
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2001004262 |
| ISBN |
0874214653 |
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9780874214659 |
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1282490508 |
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9781282490505 |
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9786612490507 |
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6612490500 |
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