“Gentlemen, you are piling up a heritage of conflict and litigation over water rights, for there is not sufficient water to supply these lands.”

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About John Wesley Powell

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John Wesley Powell was an American soldier, geologist, and explorer of the American West, renowned for his daring 1869 geographic expedition down the Green and Colorado rivers. This expedition was the first recorded...

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