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The Grand Canyon : an article giving the credit of first traversing the Grand Canyon of the Colorado to James White, a Colorado gold prospector, who, it is claimed, made the voyage two years previous to the expedition under the direction of Maj. J.W. Powell, in 1869
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Professional and personal papers of Otis R. Marston and his collection of the materials on the history of Colorado River and Green River regions.
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Stereographs of the Powell Survey of the Grand Canyon and Colorado River
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Wilson, Neill: Grand Canyon Traverse; "Running the Colorado's Rapids,"
Manuscripts
Professional and personal papers of Otis R. Marston and his collection of the materials on the history of Colorado River and Green River regions.
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The Grand Canyon. Frontispiece of Powells 1875 Report. Illustration on p.378 of "Canyons of the Colorado," J. W. Powell, Meadville, 1895
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mssMarston papers V054/0112
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"Conquest of the Grand Canyon" (You Are There), Columbia Broadcasting System Microfilm (MS FILM 754, 11/28/48 (deals with J.W. Powell traverse of 1869, especially the Separation affair - three 78 r.p.m. records) (cassette 17 (side 1))
Manuscripts
Professional and personal papers of Otis R. Marston and his collection of the materials on the history of Colorado River and Green River regions.
mssMarston papers