Though John Wesley Powell had enlightened ideas — such as dividing the West into states based on watershed boundaries — most of the reforms he proposed weren’t accepted during his lifetime. The second in a two-part series by Peter Wild. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/8.18/download-entire-issue%3C/a%3E

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