Expedition Island

Infobox_nrhp | name =Expedition Island
nrhp_type =nhl


caption =
location= Green River, Wyoming
locmapin = Wyoming
area =
built =1869
architect=
architecture=
designated= November 24, 1968cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=808&ResourceType=Site
title=Expedition Island |accessdate=2007-10-20|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = November 24, 1968cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Local
refnum=68000056

Expedition Island is a park in Green River, Wyoming that marks the area where Major John Wesley Powell started an expedition down the Green River and Colorado River in 1871. The park is also believed to mark where Major Powell started a similar expedition down the two rivers in 1869.

These two expeditions are generally considered to have covered the last, large land area in the continental United States left unexplored by European-Americans.

Expedition Island was designated a National Historic Landmark on November 24, 1968.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/68000056.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Expedition Island] |288 KiB |date=January 3, 1976 |author=Stephen Lissandrello |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/68000056.pdf Accompanying 5 photos, from 1975 and c.1900.] |824 KiB ]

References

External links

* [http://wyoshpo.state.wy.us/expisld.htm Expedition Island National Historic Landmark]
* [http://www.cityofgreenriver.com/parksnrec/park_detail.asp?park=04 Green River City Parks: Expedition Island]
* [http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=808&ResourceType=Site National Historic Landmarks Program: Expedition Island]