Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is sticking to his position that the central bank will keep its key rate on hold while it waits to see how President Donald Trump’s tariffs effect the economy, ...

Pesonen had been impressed by the wild landscapes of the American West in Stegner’s 1954 history “ Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West.” ...

The City of Flagstaff is inviting the community to attend an open house on the John Wesley Powell (JWP) Area Specific Plan on Wednesday, May 14, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Aquaplex (1702 ...

“Even John Wesley Powell’s expedition was geological and funded by the federal government.” Nobody involved in modern Western science had thought to peruse the canyon’s botany, she added.

Keywords John Wesley Powell, Grand Canyon, Colorado River, expedition, geology, erosion, natural history, 1869, scientific exploration, sedimentary records, adventure, one-armed veteran.

Jane Powell Tweedy, age 84, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 3, 2024, at her home in Panama City, Florida. Jane was the youngest of three children born to John Wesley Powell Sr. and Betty ...

A John Wesley Powell Story" looks back on the life of Powell and his mapping of the two rivers. It was written by Jon Stearmer, who is the Chief Deputy Uintah County Attorney in his day job.

On January 17, 1890, the explorer and scientist John Wesley Powell testified to the U.S. Senate about the development of the western United States, and how water scarcity across that vast, mostly ...

Best Friends Animal Sanctuary named the mare Emma Dean for the wife of Major John Wesley Powell, who charted most of the area in two expeditions in 1869 and 1872. The foal was named Marina.

As Lake Powell recedes, it is uncovering formerly flooded land and things that past visitors left behind. Bargained away Glen Canyon made a deep impression on explorer John Wesley Powell when he ...

A lengthy rain delay. “He had a couple of guests there, and his son (also named John Wesley), and what a night,” Langer said. After 54 years, it had finally happened.