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Powell Memorial:
Erected by the Congress of the United States to Major John Wesley Powell, first explorer of the Grand Canyon who descended the river with his party in rowboats, traversing the gorge beneath this point August 17, 1869 and again September 1, 1872.
1869 party: John C. Sumner, Walter H. Powell, G.Y. Bradley, William R. Hawkins, Andrew Hall.
1872 party: A.H. Thompson, F.S. Dellenbaugh, John K. Hillers, Stephen V. Jones, W. Clement Powell, Andrew J. Hattan. |