University of Wyoming Artists, Authors, Explorers Look at Colorado River Basin Anew
December 15, 2020
December 15, 2020
LARAMIE, Wyoming, Dec. 15 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release:
Almost from the moment the oars of his wooden drift boat dipped into the flows of the Green River in Wyoming in 1869, John Wesley Powell began to shape Euro-American visions of this arid region. The Colorado River Basin, where Powell spent most of his time in the West, now supplies water to no fewer than 40 million people.
Recognizing the 150th anniversary of Powell's epic 186 . . .
Almost from the moment the oars of his wooden drift boat dipped into the flows of the Green River in Wyoming in 1869, John Wesley Powell began to shape Euro-American visions of this arid region. The Colorado River Basin, where Powell spent most of his time in the West, now supplies water to no fewer than 40 million people.
Recognizing the 150th anniversary of Powell's epic 186 . . .