Talk:John Wesley Powell

message: I have added a sample of the 3D images taken by John Wesley Powell's 1872 Expedition. The image was painstakingly restored.
Adverse conditions on the river, or maybe just time alone has shifted the emulsion brightness, causing drastic reduction in the quality of these old 3D images. Many appear on the USGS site, under Grand Canyon. This is the only one that has been restored to some degree of density balance. It looks quite good with the Red-Cyan glasses.3dnatureguy 06:36, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
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message: In the first paragraph, "Morgan served as second director ...".  Shouldn't that be "Powell" instead?
The film "Ten Who Dared", released 1 November 1960, by Walt Disney Productions is based on the journal of Major Powell.  
J. R. Madden (talk) 20:42, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
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message: i made importance=mid, class=C, would be B but for belief section. Accotink2 (talk) 14:31, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
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message: Was it on August 13, 1869 or was it on August 30, 1869, as we are told after just five lines? אביהו (talk) 18:40, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  When did the 1st journey ended?  

message: The quote Lake Powell, a reservoir on the Colorado River, was named in his honor may not be entirely accurate. Powell would certainly not be honored to have that lake named after him, he would have fought against the creation of Glenn Canyon Dam and the destruction of the township of Hite and the flooding of literally thousands of Indian sites which had not yet been cataloged by anthropologists. I'm not sure whether it was an honor or not, certainly the naming of the resulting lake was something of an insult. I suppose it's pointless to suggest changing that text. :) Probably. Damotclese (talk) 03:44, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Seems it was named after or for him, however the "honor" bit was overdone and as you say a bit dubious - so reworded and chopped some unneeded detail. Vsmith (talk) 13:31, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lake Powell, a reservoir on the Colorado River, was named in his honor. 

message: Added  Marston, Otis R., (2014). "From Powell To Power; A Recounting of the First One Hundred River Runners Through the Grand Canyon. Flagstaff, Arizona: Vishnu Temple Press, p. 111-114  to the Reference list. RRFWTommartin (talk) 02:57, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
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