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-1869-
John C. Sumner
Walter H. Powell
G. Y. Bradley
William R. Hawkins
Andrew Hall

-1872-
A. H. Thompson
R. S. Dellenbaugh
John K. Hillers
Stephen V. Jones
W. Clement Powell
Andrew J. Hattan

Erected by the Congress of the United States to
Major John Wesley Powell first explorer of the
Grand Canyon who descended the river with his
party in row-boats traversing the gorge beneath
this point August 17 1869 and again September 1 1872

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