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Powell Legacy and Grand Canyon Tribute Across America
A May day dedication at Maricopa Point honors Maj. John Wesley Powell, explorer of the Colorado, linking his canyon feats to Illinois Wesleyan University’s memorial on its Bloomington campus. The article recalls Powell’s river journeys, his scientific leadership, and the eventual creation of Grand Canyon National Park, while noting his broader impact on ethnology and American science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Scott Watson
Franklin K. Lane
Interior
George W. P. Hunt
Arizona
Julius W. Atwood
Episcopal Church of Arizona
Maricopa Point
Grand Canyon
Harry R. Trittle
A. Trittle
Congress of the United States
Maj
Wesley Powell
Colorado River
Middle West
Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington
Ill
Powell
Southwest
United States
Wesleyan
J. M. Powell
Ilinois Wesleyan University
Colorado
America
Don Garcia Lopez de Cardenas
Coronado
Atlantic
Louisiana
Purchase
Republic
The
James O. Pattie
Sylvester Pattie
California
Fremont
Pattie
War Department
Joseph C. Ives
Ilinoiy Weslyan
Chicago Academy of Sciences
Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
Grand Canyon National Park
Congress
Hot Springs Reservation
Arkansas
Yosemite Valley
Yellowstone
Arilzona
Roosevelt
Forest Service
Agricultural Department
South Rim
Canyon
John Wesley Powell
New York
Oberlin
Maols College
Tilinois Wesleyan
Tilinois
United States Geological Survey
Bureau of American Ethnology
Smithsonian Institution
Bureau