Disaster Falls

John Wesley Powell lost one of his 4 boats in the rapids at Ladore Canyon and named the site Disaster Falls on June 7, 1869. 

John Wesley Powell

John Wesley Powell (March 24, 1834 – September 23, 1902) was a U.S. soldier, geologist, explorer of the American West, professor at Illinois State University, and director of major scientific and cultural institutions. He is famous for the 1869 Powell Geographic Expedition, a three-month river trip down the Green and Colorado rivers that included the first known passage through the Grand Canyon.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Wesley Powell
• Page 62 - Dolnick, E., 2001, Down the Great Unknown: John Wesley Powell’s 1869 Journey of Discovery and Tragedy Through the Grand Canyon: HarperCollins Publishers, New York, 367p.
• http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/geology/publications/inf/powell/sec5.htm