Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Lavender, David

Colorado River country David Lavender - New York E. P. Dutton Inc. 1982 - 238 p

The land --
The ancient ones --
The Spanish entradas --
The Americans arrive --
Rediscovery --
The mythic river --
The big one --
Utah's Dixie --
First man through? --
Testing the river --
Measuring the land --
Searching for new oases --
Exploitation begins --
Selling the scenery --
Claiming the water --
Appendix: the geology of the Colorado basin.

A comprehensive history of the region drained by the Colorado River and the people who have passed through and settled in that region over the past four hundred years.

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--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--Colorado River Valley (Colo.-Mexico)



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