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John Wesley Powell

John Wesley Powell

24 MAR 1834born in Mt Morris, Livingston Co, NY
23 SEP 1902died in Brooklin, Hancock Co, ME, about age 69.
explorer, geologist

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TypeFirstLastRoleYearsLocation
OthersCleveland, JrAbbe 1903
OthersGeorge IrvingAdams field asst1898-1899
OthersWilliam ClintonAlden special field asst1896-1901
OthersEugene ThomasAllen geologist1900
OthersFrank ClementAmes 1930TX, Travis Co, Austin
OthersGraceAndrews 1872-1878
OthersRalphArnold Temporary field asst1900-1903
OthersGeorge HallAshley geologist1901-1905
OthersWallace WalterAtwood geologist1901
OthersHarry FosterBain special asst1900-1901
OthersSydney HobartBall geologist1904-1905
OthersEdward MitchellBandli Junior Topographer1910OR, Clackamas Co, Oregon City
OthersJames EdgarBangs Bound Survey Disbursins Officer1881-1883DC, Washington
OthersErwin HinckleyBarbour paleontologist1882-1889PA
OthersJosephBarrell 1901PA
OthersGeorge HuntBarton geologist1889-1894
OthersCarlBarus physicist1880-1892
OthersFlorenceBascom geologist1896-1901
OthersLouis AgricolaBauer inspector magnetic work1899
OthersWilliam ShirleyBayley geologist1889
OthersWilliam M.Beaman Inspector of Topography1915DC, Washington
OthersGeorge FerdinandBecker geologist1879
OthersJoshua WilliamBeede 1902
OthersThomas HoratioBevan 1906
OthersSamuel WalkerBeyer geologist1901
OthersMorrisBien topographer1879-1893
OthersClaude HaleBirdseye chief, topographic engineer1921
OthersRogersBirnie 1874-1878
OthersAndrew AlexanderBlair mining geologist1879-1881
OthersChesleigh ArthurBonine Asst Geologist1917DC, Washington
OthersJohn MasonBoutwell field asst1898-1899
OthersJohn V., JrBrashears 1912DC, Washington
OthersLester PaigeBreckenridge 1904
OthersNathaniel LordBritton field asst1882
OthersFrank PetersonBrock mining engineer1908KS, Douglas Co, Lawrence
OthersAlfred HulseBrooks geologist1894-1901
OthersCharles WilsonBrown Field asst1902-1903
OthersClaude OsgoodBrown Junior Engineer1915WA, Pierce Co, Tacoma
OthersElizabeth HardingBurroughs Clerk1918DC, Washington
OthersArthur DexterButterfield 1905
OthersCharlesButts Field asst, geologist1900
OthersFrank CathcartCalkins Field asst1900
OthersRichard EllsworthCall 1884
OthersWilliam RobertCalvert 1912DC, Washington
OthersMarius RobinsonCampbell geologist1921
OthersGeorge LymanCannon geologist1888-1889
OthersCharles EdwardCaspari Field asst1898
OthersThomas ChrowderChamberlin geologist1882-1904
OthersThomas MareanChatard chemist1883-1892
OthersWilliam MarcChauvenet Chemist1882-1885
OthersRear Admiral Colby MitchellChester hydrographer1877-1880
OthersWilliam BullockClark geologist1888-1894
OthersFrank WiggelsworthClarke chief chemist1914DC, Washington
OthersFrank WigglesworthClarke chemist1883
OthersJulius MorganClements geologist1893-1903
OthersCollierCobb 1886-1891
OthersArthur JamesCollier Field asst1895-1901
OthersCharles WytheCooke section of coastal plain investigations1912
OthersHenry ChandlerCowles Field asst1895
OthersWilliam AugustusCroffut connected1888-1914
OthersWhitmanCross geologist1921
OthersCooperCurtice Paleontologist1918NY, Cayuga Co, Moravia
OthersGeorge CarrollCurtis geologist1898-1899
OthersThomas NelsonDale 1914
OthersWilliam HealeyDall geologist and paleontologist1885
OthersNelson HoratioDarton geologist1921
OthersCharles CarlyleDarwin bibliographer1902-1911
OthersArthur PowellDavis topographer1885-1894
OthersCharles AlbertDavis field asst1904
OthersWilliam MorrisDavis geologist1890
OthersArthur LouisDay physical geologist1900-1906
OthersDavid TalbotDay division of mining1886
OthersSamuel AsherDeel Magnetic Observer1901-1902
OthersFrederic PerkinsDewey mineralogist1882
OthersJoseph SilasDiller 1883
OthersCarroll EdwardDobbin Geologist1926DC, Washington
OthersRichard ElwoodDodge 1890-1895
OthersRichard B.Dole Chemist1915DC, Washington
OthersLeonDominian 1903-1904NM
OthersJoseph CummingsDort Asst Engineer1915HI, Kauai Co, Lihue
OthersEdward MorehouseDouglas geographer and chief1897-1914
OthersNoah FieldsDrake topographer1894
OthersAlmbrose F.Dudley 1918DC, Washington
OthersGeorge GoodellEarle 1884-1886PA
OthersFred Clarkson, JrEastin 1913-1914
OthersFrederick C.Ebert Asst engineer1915CA, Los Angeles Co, Los Angeles
OthersEdwin ClarenceEckel 1902-1907
OthersWilliam A.Elwood Computer1918DC, Washington
OthersBenjamin KendallEmerson geologist1897
OthersSamuel FranklinEmmons geology1879-1914
OthersHarold WellmanFairbanks 1899-1900
OthersHenry GardinerFerguson geologist1921
OthersRobert HeywoodFernald Engr1904-1910
OthersGeorge IrvingFindlay assistant geologist1901-1914
OthersGeorge IrvingFinlay assistant geologist1901-1914
OthersJohn Charles LounsburyFish field asst1900
OthersCassius AsaFisher Mining Expert1912
OthersLaurence LaForge geologist1921
OthersDirector SamuelFortier hydrographer1895-1902
OthersPersiforFrazer 1869-1870
OthersEdwin ShermanFuller Civil Engineer. Asst Engineer1915DC, Washington
OthersMyron LeslieFuller geologist1900-1903
OthersHoyt StoddardGale assistant geologist1902-1910
OthersHoyt StoddardGale geologist in charge of non-metalliferous deposits1910
OthersHenry StewartGane geologist1895-1897
OthersHenryGannett geographer1882DC, Washington
OthersSamuel S.Gannett geographer, US Boundary Commissioner1921
OthersJulia AnnaGardner Asst Paleontologist1911-1917DC, Washington
OthersPhilip C.Garrett Office of Commissioner of Railroads1894
OthersMerrill E.Gates Office of Commissioner of Railroads1894
OthersAlbert SamuelGatschet Ethnologist1877-1879
OthersRussell D.George 1899
OthersThomas GoldingGerdine topographer engineer1921
OthersGrove KarlGilbert 1879
OthersMelvin V.Gillis 1930
OthersGeorge HerbertGirty Paleontologist1895
OthersLeonidas ChalmersGlenn geologist1900
OthersMarcus IsaacGoldman Geologist1926DC, Washington
OthersFrank AustinGooch special agent1879-1881
OthersRichard UrquhartGoode topographer,geographer1879-1882
OthersCharles HenryGordon geologist1905
OthersJames HowardGore 1880-1883
OthersCharles NewtonGould hydrographer1902
OthersJames ChandlerGraham 1890-1891
OthersUlysses ShermanGrant 1904
OthersHerbert ErnestGregory geologist1900
OthersWilliam TudorGriswold 1883
OthersNathan CliffordGrover chief hydraulic engineer1921
OthersFrederic PutnamGulliver topographer1886-1891
OthersChristopher WebberHall 1884
OthersMorris FrankHall 1915DC, Washington
OthersWilliamHallock physicist1882-1891
OthersJohn HaysHammond special expert1880
OthersThomas S.Hampson Editorial Division1888
OthersWadeHampton Office of Commissioner of Railroads1894
OthersGilbert DennisonHarris 1888-1892
OthersFrederick MasonHart Cartographer1918DC, Washington
OthersErasmusHaworth 1904
OthersCharles WillardHayes geologist1887-1895
OthersRudolphHering Yellowstone Park1872
OthersOscar H.Hershey 1904
OthersFrank L.Hess field asst1901-1903
OthersDonnel FosterHewett geologist1921
OthersBenjamin FelixHill 1898-1899
OthersRobert ThomasHill asst paleontologist1888-1889
OthersWilliam FrancisHillebrand Chemist1880
OthersRichard CharlesHills Geologist1894-1898
OthersWilliam RicketsonHoag 1888-1895
OthersWilliam HerbertHobbs geologist1896
OthersFrederick WebbHodge stenographer1884-1886
OthersCharles ArthurHollick 1881
OthersJoseph AustinHolmes fuel testing expert1905
OthersWilliam HenryHolmes 1880-1888
OthersHerbert ClarkHoover Sierra Nevada Mountains1895
OthersEdmund OtisHovey 1890
OthersErnestHowe geologist1900
OthersJohn ClaytonHoyt hydraulic engineer1921
OthersGeorge DavidHubbard field asst1904-1905
OthersDavid CarlisleHumphreys hydrographer1895
OthersJoseph PaxsonIddings geologist1880-1888
OthersEmery IsonIreland 1917DC, Washington
OthersJoseph T.Jacobs Office of Commissioner of Railroads1894
OthersThomas AugustusJaggar geologist1898
OthersDarwin R.James Office of Commissioner of Railroads1894
OthersWalter ProctorJenney geologist1889-1892
OthersAlbertJohannsen 1903
OthersBertrand LeroyJohnson Associate Geologist1915DC, Washington
OthersDouglas WilsonJohnson 1904-1905
OthersLawrence ClementJohnson asst geologist1882-1889
OthersClarence T.Johnston 1895-1897
OthersLouisKahlenberg 1891
OthersRufus MauriceKamm chemist1917DC, Washington
OthersGeorge FrederickKanz special agent1883-1914
OthersArthurKeith 1887-1894
OthersCharles RollinKeyes 1889-1891
OthersClarenceKing director1878-1881
OthersFranklin HiramKing 1882
OthersEleanora Frances BlissKnopf 1926CT, New Haven Co, New Haven
OthersFrank HallKnowlton paleontologist1894-1900
OthersStephen J.Kubel chief engineer1921
OthersGeorge FrederickKunz special agent1883
OthersGeorge EdgarLadd 1887-1889
OthersLaurenceLaForge geologist1901
OthersHenryLandes 1893
OthersAlfred ChurchLane 1888-1889
OthersEsper Signius, JrLarsen mineralogist and geologist1921
OthersWillis ThomasLee geologist1902
OthersMarshall OraLeighton chief hydraulic engineer1906-1913
OthersCharles KennethLeith geologist1900-1905
OthersLeroy StreeperLeopold Topographer1917DC, Washington
OthersHerbert SpencerLewis Map Reviser1917DC, Washington
OthersJoseph VolneyLewis field asst1902
OthersWaldemarLindgren geologist1884-1895
OthersWalter JosephLinthicum 1913-1915
OthersJoseph BarlowLippincott Hydrographer1895-1902
OthersJoseph BarlowLippincott Supervising engineer1905CA, Los Angeles Co, Los Angeles
OthersSamuel WardLoper geologist1891-1894
OthersGeorge DavisLouderback geologist1902
OthersGerald FrancisLoughlin geologist1921
OthersWilliam H.Lyon Office of Commissioner of Railroads1894
OthersWendell ClayMansfield 1918DC, Washington
OthersGeorge CurtisMartin geologist1904
OthersJohn GrantMathers engineer1917DC, Washington
OthersFrancois EmileMatthes field asst1896-1898
OthersWilliam DillerMatthew 1902
OthersJoseph FranklinMcbeth topographer1915DC, Washington
OthersHiram DryerMcCaskey Chief of Division of Mineral Resources1917DC, Washington
OthersJohn D.McChesney Chief Disbursing Clerk1894
OthersJulia L. V.McCord librarian1921
OthersW. J.McGee geologist1883-1893
OthersOscar E.Meinzer geologist in charge of division of ground waters1921
OthersWalter CurranMendenhall geologist1894-1901
OthersJohn Beaver, JrMertie Geologist1926DC, Washington
OthersGuy E.Mitchell chief of executive division1921
OthersFred HowardMoffit geologist1921
OthersElbert G.Monroe Office of Commissioner of Railroads1894
OthersRobert BreckMoran with1901
OthersWilliam F.Morsell Senior Clerk1918DC, Washington
OthersJefferson FranklinMoser hydrographer1895-1896
OthersHerseyMunroe topographer1894-1917
OthersEdward WarrenMyers hydrographer1895-1902
OthersFrederick HaynesNewell asst hydraulic engineer1888
OthersWilliam HarmonNorton 1903
OthersHenry FairfieldOsborn geologist1900
OthersSidneyPaige geologist in charge of Division of Geology1921
OthersClarence DouglasParker junior chemist1915DC, Washington
OthersEdward WheelerParker 1891MD, Baltimore City
OthersRichard Alexander Fullerton, JrPenrose 1885-1886
OthersNewton ManleyPerrins assistant1906
OthersJoseph HartshornPerry geologist1888-1902
OthersWilliam CliftonPhalen Geologist1915DC, Washington
OthersWilliam ClintonPhalen associate geologist1914DC
OthersIrene MabelPistorio Draftsman1918DC, Washington
OthersJoseph Ezekiel, JrPogue geologist1913-1914
OthersJermain GildersleevePorter 1878-1884
OthersJohn W.Powell Director1894
OthersJoseph HydePratt field asst geologist1899
OthersHarry AlbertPressey hydrographer1899
OthersJames ThomasPrevatt 1918DC, Washington
OthersLouis MarcusPrindle geologist1902-1903
OthersCharles SmithProsser paleontologist1888-1892
OthersRaphaelPumpelly 1879-1881
OthersAlbert HomerPurdue 1903
OthersGeorge RockwellPutnam 1890-1894
OthersAugustin Leon JeanQueneau Cape Nome, Alaska1900
OthersFrederick LeslieRansome asst field work in Sierra Nevada mountain range1895-1896
OthersMotte AlstonRead field asst geologist1890-1892
OthersChester AlbertReeds field assistant1903-1906
OthersJohn Bernard, JrReeside Geologist1926MD, Prince Georges Co, Hyattsville
OthersFrankReeves Geologist1926MD, Montgomery Co, Bethesda
OthersHarry FieldingReid earthquake records1902
OthersRoger CushingRice 1915HI, Honolulu Co, Honolulu
OthersWilliam NorthRice geologist1891-1892
OthersGeorge BurrRichardson geologist1900
OthersHeinrichRies special agent1895
OthersHarry B.Riffenburg chemist, quality of waters division1921
OthersRobert BairdRiggs Chemist1884-1887
OthersHenry ClayRizer chief clerk1921
OthersPaul VereRoundy geologist1921
OthersRichard BurtonRowe Asst Geologist1896-1897
OthersWilliam WaldenRubey Asst Geologist1926DC, Washington
OthersIsrael CookRussell geologist1880
OthersFrank RoyRutter proofreader1898-1899
OthersRollin D.Salisbury 1883
OthersFrederick WilliamSardeson 1891
OthersBenSargent 1930AL, Greene Co, Eutaw
OthersRufus HarveySargent topographic engineer1921
OthersWaldemar TheodoreSchaller chemist1903
OthersLaurence FrederickSchmeckebier editor asst1899
OthersErnest WilliamSchoder Station asst1900
OthersFrank CharlesSchrader geologist1896
OthersCharlesSchuchert paleontologist1893-1894
OthersAlfred ReginaldSchultz geology1905-1914
OthersSamuel HubbardScudder paleontologist1886-1892
OthersJulian DuckerSears Geologist1926DC, Washington
OthersNathaniel SouthgateShaler geologist1886-1900
OthersEarl VictorShannon Field assistant1913-1914
OthersEdward MartinShepard field asst1903
OthersFrank CharlesShrader geologist1905DC, Washington
OthersClaude EllsworthSiebenthal geologist1921
OthersJoseph HenrySinclair 1903-1908
OthersCharles SumnerSlichter Hydrographer1897-1902
OthersAlbert K.Smiley Office of Commissioner of Railroads1894
OthersGeorge OtisSmith geologist1896-1901
OthersJames PerrinSmith geologist1895
OthersPhilip S.Smith administrative geologist1921
OthersWalter RoySmith Assoc Geologist1926DC, Washington
OthersWilliam Sidney TangierSmith geologist1900
OthersCharles Henry, JrSmyth Field asst1898
OthersWilliam HenrySnyder 1889-1890
OthersArthur CoeSpencer geologist1896-1902
OthersJosiah EdwardSpurr 1894-1897
OthersJosephStanley-Brown 1882-1885
OthersTimothy WilliamStanton paleontologist1889-1900
OthersRobert Edwards CarterStearns paleontologist1884-1892
OthersGeorgeSteiger chief chemist1921
OthersLloyd W.Stephenson geologist1921
OthersLloyd WilliamStephenson Geologist1926DC, Washington
OthersJohn JamesStevenson 1880
OthersJames BoltonStewart hydrographic engineering work1908-1915
OthersGeorge ArthurStites topographic aid1911-1912
OthersHenry NewlinStokes chemist1894-1903
OthersGeorge HapgoodStone geologist1884-1898
OthersRalph WalterStone geologist1901
OthersFrancis E.Storm Office of Commissioner of Railroads1894
OthersGeorge WillisStose geologist1894-1900
OthersRalph StockmanTarr 1887-1888
OthersFrank BursleyTaylor special asst1900
OthersOliver GuyTaylor topographer1915DC, Washington
OthersWilliam Taylor, JrThom roadman in NC and SC1912
OthersDavid G.Thompson geologist1921
OthersDavid GroshThompson Assoc Geologist1926NJ, Mercer Co, Trenton
OthersGilbertThompson topographer1914
OthersWilliam Taylor, JrThorn Geol in Charge Geol of Fuels1926MD, Montgomery Co, Chevy Chase
OthersFrank HallThorp Field asst1886-1887
OthersJames EdwardTodd geologist1881-1890
OthersJohn BryantTorbert draftsman1886-1893
OthersGeorge Warren, JrTower geologist1895-1899
OthersFrederick GaleTryon Charge Coal & Coke Stat1926DC, Washington
OthersRichard HawleyTucker 1880
OthersHenry WardTurner geologist1883-1895
OthersFrankTweedy 1884
OthersJohan AugustUdden special field asst1893
OthersPhilip ReeseUhler Entomologist1872
OthersEdward OscarUlrich geologist1897
OthersWarrenUpham 1885-1893
OthersCharles RichardVan Hise geologist1883-1888
OthersGilbertVan Ingen geologist1889-1891
OthersCharles EdwinVan Orstrand mathematical physicist1921
OthersThomas WaylandVaughan Washington1921DC, Washington
OthersArthur CliffordVeatch field asst1902-1904
OthersCharles DoolittleWalcott geologist1879
OthersAlbert MynardWalker topographic engineer1921
OthersWilliam D.Walker Office of Commissioner of Railroads1894
OthersMarion I.Walters civil engineer1921
OthersLester FrankWard Paleontologist1881-1905
OthersPhilip CrevelingWarman Clerk1908DC, Washington
OthersThomas LeonardWatson field asst1903
OthersWalter HarveyWeed geologist1883-1892
OthersFred BoughtonWeeks asst geologist1900-1902
OthersSamuelWeidman Field asst1894-1896
OthersStuartWeller geologist1901
OthersRoger C.Wells physical chemist1921
OthersRoger ClarkWells physical chemist1908-1914
OthersLewis GardnerWestgate asst geologist1913
OthersCharles AbiatharWhite geologist1875-1879
OthersCharles DavidWhite paleontologist1886-1894
OthersCharles HenryWhite 1903
OthersIsrael C.White 1884-1888
OthersIsrael CharlesWhite assistant geologist1884-1888
OthersJames EdwardWhitfield 1880-1888
OthersAndrew RobinsonWhitson Field asst1892-1893
OthersE.Whittlesey Office of Commissioner of Railroads1894
OthersDaniel EverettWillard 1902-1903
OthersJoseph MoodyWillard 1888-1889
OthersBaileyWillis 1884
OthersRonald MunroWilson Junior Topographer1915OR, Multnomah Co, Portland
OthersAlexander NewtonWinchell Field asst1901
OthersDean EddyWinchester 1912DC, Washington
OthersIsaacWinston editor1900
OthersWilliam DouglasWirt Clerk1918DC, Washington
OthersJohn EliotWolff geologist1885-1904
OthersGeorge McLaneWood editor1921
OthersWendell PhillipsWoodring Geologist1926DC, Washington
OthersElmer GrantWoodruff 1912DC, Washington
OthersRobert SimpsonWoodward astronomer1884-1890
OthersJay BackusWoodworth 1888-1903
OthersLyman ChildWooster geologist1881-1884
OthersFrederic EugeneWright geologist1904
OthersGeorge FrederickWright 1884-1892
OthersCharles GregoryYale Special Agent1923CA, San Francisco Co, San Francisco
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