TY - BOOK AU - Boyer,Diane E. AU - Webb,Robert H. ED - Geological Survey (U.S.) ED - Project Muse. TI - Damming Grand Canyon: The 1923 USGS Colorado River Expedition SN - 9780874216653 AV - F788 .B69 2007 U1 - 917.91/320434 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Logan, Utah PB - Utah State University Press KW - Geological Survey (U.S.) KW - Biography KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Water resources development KW - Arizona KW - Grand Canyon KW - Water-supply KW - Political aspects KW - Dams KW - Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) KW - River surveys KW - Environmental conditions KW - Grand Canyon (Ariz.) KW - Description and travel KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/book/8950/ ER -