John Wesley Powell led two Powell Expeditions down the Green and Colorado Rivers. A Civil War veteran, an academic and an adventurer he went on to become the first director of the USGS and helped found National Geographic.
John Wesley Powell
History and heroes in bronze
John Wesley Powell led two Powell Expeditions down the Green and Colorado Rivers. A Civil War veteran, an academic and an adventurer he went on to become the first director of the USGS and helped found National Geographic.