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Show The exploration of the 117 Colorado ( Elver River ) , howeverV ( "was was Vas ) ( not -not not ) complete until the first Powell expedition in 1869 . Other explorers had seen the Colorado ( Rivel-7 Rivel7 ) , but none had attempted its exploration above the ( Grand Graiid ) Canyon to any great extent . The early events in connection with the Colorado River are found in ( Delleiibaugli's Delleiibauglis Dellenbaugh ) ( "The The ) Romance of the Colorado River , " Chapters 1 to 5 , inclusive ; ( "The The ) Colorado River , " by ( Freeman Freeinan ) , chapters 1 and 2 , ( and aud ) are , briefly , as follows : 1540 : Hernando de Alarcon proceeded up the Colorado , probably to a point 100 miles above the mouth of the Gila River . 1540 : Melchior Diaz explored the ( Colorado Colorado- Colorado ) River and surrounding country in the ( vicin- vicin ) ity of the Chocolate ( Mountains 11ountains ) . 1542 : ( Cardenas Cardeiias ) discovered the Grand Canyon . 1605 : Onate Governor of New ( Mexico Ylexico ) , . , , ( journeyed joarneyed ) from the mouth of the ( Williams Willians ) . River to the Gulf . 1618 : Zalvidar reached ( the 4the ) Colorado ( River River- River ) at a point near Marble Canyon . 1680 to 1711 : Padre Kino touched the Colorado River at ( numerous niumerous ) points in ( the- the ) ( southern sotithern ) half of Arizona . 1744 : ( Sedehnair Sedelmair ) crossed the Colorado River at the ( month mo-Lith moLith ) of the Williams River . . 1768 to 1776 : Garces made ( several sevefal ) ( expedi- expedi ) tions to the Colorado River from . the mouth . of the Little Colorado to the Gila River . . 1776 : Padre Escalante explored the ( couil- couil ) try in the neighborhood of the San Juan |