Support for Powell's Colorado River Expedition
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PrintUnited States Congress authorizes the Secretary of War to provide rations for 25 men on the expedition of the Colorado River, under the direction of John Wesley Powell. His first expedition, in 1869, is otherwise funded by his own salary and small grants from Illinois scientific societies.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
June 11, 1868