TY - BOOK AU - Boyer,Diane E AU - Geological Survey (U.S.) AU - Project Muse AU - Webb,Robert H. TI - Damming Grand Canyon: The 1923 USGS Colorado River Expedition SN - 9780874216653 AV - F788 PY - 2012/// CY - Baltimore, Maryland PB - Project MUSE KW - Geological Survey (U.S.) KW - Biography KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Dams KW - Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) KW - River surveys KW - Water resources development KW - Arizona KW - Grand Canyon KW - Water-supply KW - Political aspects N1 - 2; 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://go.openathens.net/redirector/ciu.edu?url=https://muse.jhu.edu/book/8950/ ER -