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• Date: 01 December 1949
• Author: L.C. Green
• DOI: 10.1177/106591294900200464
• Published date: 01 December 1949
• Subject Matter: Articles

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The Exploration of the Colorado River in 1869. In Utah Historical Quar-
terly, Vol
.
XV. (Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society. 1947.
Pp. xiii, 270.)
In this volume are collected for the first time the journals, letters,
newspaper articles, and other materials dealing with the pioneer explora-
tion of the Colorado River in 1869 by Major John Wesley Powell. The
volume will have a special interest for some because of the nature of the
documents it contains, while to others it will have a broader interest be-
cause of the tale of high adventure, centering around &dquo;the last great ex-
ploration through unknown country in the continental United States,&dquo;
which the documents tell. The fullest and most vivid account of the
course of the explorers down the Green and Colorado Rivers is found
in the journal kept by George Y. Bradley, a member of the party. While
the Powell expedition of 1869 was of no great importance from the stand-
point of immediate scientific achievement, it did pave the way for Major
Powell’s second trip in 1871-1872, during which the course of the Colo-
rado River and the Colorado canyons were mapped.
Documents relating to the 1869 expedition were supplied by William
Culp Darrah of Medford, Massachusetts, a paleobotanist and amateur
historian, with apparently a deep interest in the career of Major Powell.
It would be interesting to know whether Mr. Darrah’s scholarly concern
with the 1869 expedition developed from the interest which the Grand
Canyon may have had for him as a paleobotanist. Mr. Darrah has
also contributed to the volume a survey of preparations for the 1869 ex-
pedition, a critical evaluation of the documents which he supplied, and
biographical sketches of the various members of the expedition. In an
introductory chapter to the volume, Dale L. Morgan describes the earlier
explorations of the Green River and the partial explorations of the Colo-
rado. The volume also contains an account by Mr. Darrah of Major
Powell’s...