Tau-Gu, chief of the Paiutes overlooking virgin river with J.W. Powell age 39. grca 13806. circa 1873, National Park Service. John Wesley Powell and the Bureau of Ethnology Among many of the ...

John Wesley Powell is born on March 24 in Mount Morris, New York, the second son of Joseph and Mary Powell. The Confederacy fires on Fort Sumter on April 12. Enlists to fight in the Civil War on ...

And I wonder whether, if we had listened to John Wesley Powell’s advice—and not mostly ignored his prophetic warnings—the Treasure Valley’s lost farmland might still exist. This year marks ...

A diverse cast of female-identifying, trans-identifying, gender-fluid and non-gender-conforming actors will perform in an ...

Its first director, John Wesley Powell (1834-1902), helped shape the field of ethnology and anthropology. Powell’s exploration work and the findings referenced in his Report of the Exploration of the ...

In his first inaugural address, our third President, Thomas Jefferson, addressed the question of room in this new country.

Scientists are vaccinating bats in Fort Laramie and Devils Tower against diseases which have significantly decreased their ...

Explorer John Wesley Powell described Hamblin as a "silent, reserved man," adding that "when he speaks it is in a slow, quiet way that inspires great awe." Hike down the Paria River Canyon ...

Arguably, the greatest Grand Canyon Adventure of all time was Major John Wesley Powell’s expedition through the canyon on wooden boats in 1869. After WWII, rubber rafts almost entirely replaced wooden ...

The area flourished with an influx of outside travelers all the way into the 1900s. Famous explorer John Wesley Powell called this area a different name, Mukuntuweap, which is the Paiute word for ...

This dialogue-free horror film stars Samara Weaving as a young woman who fights to prevent herself from being made a human ...