Left bank of Green River. Boats of Powell's Second Expedition, before
the start of the journey. The boats are "Cañonita," "Emma
Dean," and "Nellie Powell." Just below the Union Pacific
Railroad bridge at Green River Station. The famous eleven of the Powell
party were Andy Hattan, W. Clement Powell, S.V. Jones, Major John W. Powell,
Frederick S. Dellenbaugh, Professor Almon Harris Thompson, John F. Steward,
F.M. Bishop, Frank C.A. Richardson, Jack Hillers, and E. O. Beaman. Sweetwater
County, Wyoming. 1871. (Photo by E. O. Beaman).
USGS Earth Science Photographic Archive digital file: hjk00506
The Second Expedition spanned two years and did not involve a complete
journey through the lower Grand Canyon, rather part of the mapping, photography,
and scientific investigations took place north of the Grand canyon into
the Kanab region and elsewhere in southern Utah. For comparison, the First
Expedition (1869) started with ten men on four boats: the "Emma Dean"
(named after Powell's wife), the "Maid of the Canyon," the "Kitty
Clyde's Sister," and the "No-Name." One man abandoned the
trip after the first month. At the completion of the first voyage on August
30 in the Nevada end of the Grand Canyon, only 2 boats and 6 men survived
(three men died of a suspected Indian attack as they tried to walk out
of the Grand Canyon after abandoning the voyage two days before the end
of the mission).
