Event Name:
Arizona Humanities Lecture:John Wesley Powell: Into the Great Unknown
Description
Millions of travelers visit the Grand Canyon each year, but just 150 years ago, this was still considered the ""last blank spot on the map."" One man, a one-armed Civil War veteran, was determined to navigate and document the Colorado River as it winds through the canyon. On May 24, 1869, John Wesley Powell set out with nine men, four boats and ten months of rations on an adventure that would nearly kill them. Three months later Powell emerged 1,000 miles down-river with five men, two boats and only one week of moldy flour left. Listen to their story and see film clips of the raging Colorado as it was in Powell's time. Chris Glenn and Sandy Sunseri have been speaking about the land and people of the Colorado Plateau since 2012, after completing docent training at the Museum of Northern Arizona. Funding provided by the Friends of the Prescott Public Library.
Event Date:
08-02-18
Event Time:
05:00 PM - 06:30 PM MST
Location:
Prescott Public Library
215 E. Goodwin Street
Prescott, Ar 86303
Contact Person:
Adult Services
(phone: 9287771526)
Details:
Millions of travelers visit the Grand Canyon each year, but just 150 years ago, this was still considered the ""last blank spot on the map."" One man, a one-armed Civil War veteran, was determined to navigate and document the Colorado River as it winds through the canyon. On May 24, 1869, John Wesley Powell set out with nine men, four boats and ten months of rations on an adventure that would nearly kill them. Three months later Powell emerged 1,000 miles down-river with five men, two boats and only one week of moldy flour left. Listen to their story and see film clips of the raging Colorado as it was in Powell's time. Chris Glenn and Sandy Sunseri have been speaking about the land and people of the Colorado Plateau since 2012, after completing docent training at the Museum of Northern Arizona. Funding provided by the Friends of the Prescott Public Library.Links:
http://www.prescottlibrary.info