1867-1870



John Wesley Powell. At age thirty-five he was a leader of a journey that was over 1,000 miles. Through the unexplored canyons through the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon that changed the west forever. May 24, 1869 was a big day. They recruited from a marvelous journey and the sailed their boats down shore and headed to the Green River. Later in the month an Englishman named Frank Goodman went to the mayor and said, "I have had more excitement than a man deserves in a lifetime. I am leaving." (Canyon) At the point one boat has been lost. The expedition that happened in 1869 continued downward to were the Green River and the Grand River merge into Utah. The two great rivers combined with the Colorado River to make up the Red River. In the next two months the men faced so many rapids. Mr. Powell said the rapids could not be crossed safely. Powell was scared they would lose all of their supplies. So they put all of their items on a shore. John brothers went to the major and said "How we surely will all die if we continue on this journey." (Canyon) They thought that John would not abandon the expedition.



“Yavapai County Supervisors recognized that the settlement of Phoenix Arizona with an election prescient in 1868.” (Canyon) it was not until two years later that some local leaders put down the original town site! On a 320 acres boundary. They boundary was on the “north by Burden Street.” (abc15) The entire population of Arizona was 9,568.


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 * Art class, Phoenix Indian School, Arizona, 06/1900.

Photo from Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. ||



Phoenix, [|Arizona], 1870.