Title: Damming Grand Canyon : the 1923 USGS Colorado River expedition /
Authors: Boyer, Diane E.; Webb, Robert H.; Geological Survey (U.S.)
Publisher: Utah State University Press,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Geological Survey (U.S.) History; Geological Survey (U.S.) Biography.; River surveys Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) History; Dams Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) History; Water-supply Political aspects Arizona Grand Canyon History; Water resources development Arizona Grand Canyon History; Grand Canyon (Ariz.) Description and travel.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) Description and travel.; Grand Canyon (Ariz.) Environmental conditions.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) Environmental conditions.
Contents: Water and the Colorado desert -- Where should the dams be? politics, the Colorado River Compact, and the Geological Survey's role -- Prelude to an expedition : Washington and Flagstaff -- A cumbersome journey : Flagstaff to Lee's Ferry to the Little Colorado River -- Surveys and portages : Furnace Flats through the Inner Gorge -- Of flips and floods : Bass Canyon to Diamond Creek -- Feeling their oats : Diamond Creek to Needles -- Aftermath : politics and the strident hydraulic engineer.