Includes bibliography (pages [214]-226) and index.
Contents
The land -- The ancient ones -- The Spanish entradas -- The Americans arrive -- Rediscovery -- The mythic river -- The big one -- Utah's Dixie -- First man through? -- Testing the river -- Measuring the land -- Searching for new oases -- Exploitation begins -- Selling the scenery -- Claiming the water -- Appendix: the geology of the Colorado basin.