In the spring of 1869, a thirty-five-year-old, one-armed Civil War veteran and self-taught scientist led an expedition down the Colorado River into the last uncharted territory in the United States. Ninety-nine days later, John Wesley Powell emerged from the Grand Canyon after one of the most daring journeys in American history. Transformed by his experience, Powell would forever change America
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The 1869 odyssey of one-armed Civil War veteran-turned-frontier explorer John Wesley Powell, who led his nine-member crew on a 1,000-mile trip down the uncharted Green and Colorado rivers that cost four men their lives, is recounted in this "American Experience" documentary. 53 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo.
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