John Wesley Powell A professor ... And indeed, he did devote a great deal of time to these purposes. In the afternoon, while his crew set up camp for the night, Powell would often climb into ...

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 ...

On January 17, 1890, the explorer and scientist John Wesley Powell testified to the ... but to make an argument: The American West is a desert. Let’s develop it with care. The map had one ...