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Running a rapid. Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. 1869. Typed information on back of photograph: Running a Rapid. Line drawing from Canyons of the Colorado by John Wesley Powell. 1895. Stamped information on back of photograph: Photo Credit, U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, Photo File No. PIO-H-201i. Categories: Image; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Colorado River Expedition, Expeditions, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon National Park Collection, National Parks, All tags... Powell's Colorado River Survey expeditions, photo print, Fewer tags Some of Powell's party in boats, Canyon of Lodore. Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado. 1871. Album caption: Some of Powell's party in boats in Canyon of Lodore, Green River. [Dinosaur National Monument] Moffat County, Colorado. 1871. (Forms stereoscopic view with Hillers, J.K., 590, photo hjk00590.) Index card unavailable. Categories: Image; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 1871 Major John W. Powell Colorado River Survey Collection, Dinosaur National Monument, Dinosaur National Monument Collection, Expeditions, Hillers, J.K. Collection, All tags... National Parks, Pioneer Photographers, Powell's Colorado River Survey expeditions, photo print, stereoscopic, Fewer tags Head of the rapids named Sockdolager by Powell in 1869. Grand Canyon National Park, Coconino County, Arizona. 1872. Album caption and index card: This downstream view, taken by J.K. Hillers on Powell's second expedition, shows the head of the rapids named Sockdolager by Powell in 1869. In boxing parlance this name means a heavy or finishing blow. The rapids are 126.3 kilometers below Lees Ferry and are the first in the Upper Granit Gorge, which begins at about 2.4 kilometers upstream from here. Because the lower Precambrian rocks through the Upper Granite Gorge are resistant to erosion, steep walls and a narrow V-shaped canyon are produced. The great length of the rapids and the thunder produced by the sound of the waves reverberating from the walls as the water tumbles through the gorge, gives the rapids a frightening aspect.... Categories: Image; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Coconino County, Arizona, Expeditions, Grand Canyon National Park, Hillers, J. K. Collection, National Parks, All tags... Photographers, Powell's Colorado River Survey expeditions, Turner, R.M. Collection, photo print, Fewer tags Marble Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. circa 1870s. Album caption: Marble Canyon. [Grand Canyon National Park] Coconino County, Arizona. n.d. (Photos hjk00854 and hjk0854a form a stereoscopic view) Index card unavailable. U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region (Powell Survey). Categories: Image; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 1871 Major John W. Powell Colorado River Survey Collection, Expeditions, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon National Park Collection, Hillers, J.K. Collection, All tags... National Parks, Pioneer Photographers, Powell's Colorado River Survey expeditions, photo print, stereoscopic, Fewer tags