John Wesley Powell Dioramas

Museum diorama depicting early river explorers along the Colorado River, with miniature figures preparing wooden boats on a sandy riverbank beneath towering canyon walls.

Before Page was a town, and prior to Lake Powell’s existence, a one-armed explorer by the name of John Wesley Powell traveled the muddy waters of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. Learn more about Powell’s famous expeditions and his influence on the southwest’s water in this exhibit.

River Runner History

Commercial river-running in the Grand Canyon began more than 150 years ago with John Wesley Powell, and through the efforts...
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The Big Map

During the construction of Glen Canyon Dam, The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation commissioned a scale model relief map of what...
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