Sunday, July 25, 2021 6:28:20 PM
Green and Grand: John Wesley Powell and the West That Wasn’t
No photos were taken during John Wesley Powell’s pioneering 1869 expedition of the Colorado River. This photo, taken along the Green River in northern Colorado, dates from Powell’s 1871 expedition, which retraced the 1869 journey. Credit: National Park Service
"The completion of the transcontinental railroad was especially timely for a nation in pursuit of Manifest Destiny, which disregarded the realities of climate and the native peoples who occupied the land in favor of spreading American industrialism and progress from coast to coast. Politicians, speculators, and homesteaders were eager to exploit the promise of the West’s seemingly endless resources and would be quick to deny the hard truth that lives and livelihoods depended on one all-important ingredient: water."
By Korena Di Roma Howley 23 May 2019
https://eos.org/features/green-and-grand-john-wesley-powell-and-the-west-that-wasnt
No photos were taken during John Wesley Powell’s pioneering 1869 expedition of the Colorado River. This photo, taken along the Green River in northern Colorado, dates from Powell’s 1871 expedition, which retraced the 1869 journey. Credit: National Park Service
"The completion of the transcontinental railroad was especially timely for a nation in pursuit of Manifest Destiny, which disregarded the realities of climate and the native peoples who occupied the land in favor of spreading American industrialism and progress from coast to coast. Politicians, speculators, and homesteaders were eager to exploit the promise of the West’s seemingly endless resources and would be quick to deny the hard truth that lives and livelihoods depended on one all-important ingredient: water."
By Korena Di Roma Howley 23 May 2019
https://eos.org/features/green-and-grand-john-wesley-powell-and-the-west-that-wasnt
PEAK OIL - EPOCHAL EVENT OF OUR LIVES #board-6609
SUSTAINABLE LIVING FOR CHALLENGING TIMES #board-9881
PEAK BEE POPULATION - COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER #board-17471
PEAK WATER #board-12656
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