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Page and Lake Powell /
- Title
- Page and Lake Powell / Jane E. Ward, Kimberly Keisling, and the Powell Museum Archives.
- Author
- Ward, Jane E.
- Publication
- Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2014]
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- Description
- 127 pages : chiefly illustrations, maps, portraits; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "The people who descended on the rermote northern Arizona wilderness in the earluy 1950's to build Glen Canyon Dam and the town of Page were true pioneers. They arrived to find Glen Canyon, a sandy, desolate hilltop with walls over 700 feet deep that had been part of the vast Navajo reservation, and an incredibly challenging way of life. The first blast necessary for site excavation at Glen Canyon Dam was triggered on October 15, 1957, when Pres. Dwight d. Eisenhyower pressed a key setting off the explosion from an office in Washington, D.C. Almost 10 years later, construction was completed on the nation's second-highest concrete dam, harnessing the waters of the Colorado River and forever changing the history of the local area and the West. Today, over three million annual visitors enjoy the diverse and awe-inspiring landscape surrounding Page and Lake Powell" -- Cover p. [4].
- Series Statement
- Images of America
- Uniform Title
- Images of America.
- Subject
- Arizona > Page
- Manners and customs
- Page (Ariz.) > History > Pictorial works
- Page (Ariz.) > Social life and customs > Pictorial works
- Powell, Lake (Utah and Ariz.) > History > Pictorial works
- Powell, Lake, Region (Utah and Ariz.) > History > Pictorial works
- Powell, Lake, Region (Utah and Ariz.) > Social life and customs > Pictorial works
- United States > Lake Powell Region
- United States > Lake Powell
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Pictorial works.
- ISBN
- 9781467131582
- 146713158X
- LCCN
- 2013951306
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library