The People

It took over 1000 pounds of photographic equipment hauled halfway across the continent by horse, boat, and sweat for John Wesley Powell's 1872 Expedition (including his photographer, John Hillers) to document the story of a people who should have never survived there in North America's desert southwest - the Southern Paiute Tribes.

Now the untold story of how the Paiutes helped insure Powell's success comes to life in this new one-of-a-kind book (including all 116 original photographs - 90% never seen before outside the exhibit).

"If you are one of the 215 million people from all over the world who have visited the Grand Canyon since February 26, 1919, when it was established as a National Park, you will understand my feelings standing for the first time on the North Rim's trail to Bright Angel Point. Seeing the canyon walls fall away 5,000 feet on either side of the trail, I felt as I might when jumping out of an airplane. It is a view so overwhelmingly enormous that my fear of heights overcame me and I never made it all the way out to the point itself. I felt as small, insignificant, and exposed as if I had been in a life raft in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

I had no idea that two days later, I would be standing in front of nearly 150-year-old photographs of a people who had successfully lived in this Plateau Province for hundreds of years-a people, the Southern Paiute tribes, I had never heard of, a photographic history I had never seen, a collection that needed to be preserved, and a story that needed to be told.

Just as a "chance" encounter with John Wesley Powell gave John K. Hillers the opportunity to become Powell's expedition photographer and take the 116 photos, my "chance" encounter with Paul and Susan Bingham led to my opportunity to preserve them in this book.

Numerous books, articles, and scholarly studies have been made of John Wesley Powell, and, to some extent, photographer John K. Hillers. This book draws upon some of those studies and on Powell and Hillers' observations. The scope is confined to the period in which the photographs were taken, and is meant to provide context for the photographs.

Some of the photographs in this book have been used to illustrate other books. All of them are in the public domain. But the Binghams estimate that 90% have not been seen, outside the museum, and the entire collection has never been seen in book form. The only other complete collection of these photographs is owned by the Smithsonian Institution.

If you are someone who has had the good fortune to discover this collection and personally view it, this book gives you a chance to dig deeper, explore more completely, and discover more fully, the stories behind the people in the photographs. If you are someone for whom Mount Carmel, Utah, is as remote now as the Grand Canyon was in 1872, this book gives you that same opportunity.

I invite you to become an explorer, an adventurer, and a traveler into the unknown, and to discover the resilience, adaptability, and resourcefulness of the Southern Paiutes as Powell and Hillers experienced them in the 1870s. You will discover a people with a highly developed environmental knowledge, and a way of life perfectly adapted to their environment." -Carol Ormond

They should never have survived... An ignored people who, despite all odds, were instrumental in the success of John Wesley Powell's Expeditions. Immortalized in the only existing collection outside the Smithsonian of John Hillers' 116 original 1872 albumen photographs. Now the photos are preserved and this people's incredible story can be told
Carol's first book, The People, combines her lifelong study of photography with her background in journalism. She graduated with a degree in journalism from the University of Oregon, where she studied photojournalism under Bernard Freemesser. Her interest in the black-and-white photographs of Dorothea Lange, Maynard Dixon's second wife, brought her to the Thunderbird Foundation for the Arts and collaboration with Paul and Susan Bingham on this project that celebrates the contribution of the Southern Paiute tribes to the success of John Wesley Powell's expeditions. As a "flat lander" from Wisconsin, Carol is captivated by the dramatic skies and landscapes of the desert Southwest and loves hiking, exploring, and photographing the region whenever she and her husband, Cevin, can.
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"I have just spent an hour lost in the wonder of this phenomenal collection. Each turn of the page brought another witness of the dignity and somehow majestic bearing of these early owners of this land. I have seen occasional photos of Native Americans, but never with the intimacy and overwhelming immediacy - of these 116 moments of a photographers art. Preserving them and at the same time sharing them with the world is an awe-inspiring mission. Thank you for your efforts."

Fred Adams

Founder, Utah Shakespeare Festival

"This large collection of photos is so compelling in its beauty and simplicity. Realizing that we have the opportunity to see the beautiful landscapes and its people as John Wesley Powell might have experienced it; that is spiritual in nature. The Native American images featured in this collection demonstrate a dignity and a respect for nature that we today are the beneficiaries of. To see the Southwest through this lens is both haunting and inspiring. Preserving the values and history of the exploration of the Colorado, its people, and its customs is worthy of everyone's time and attention."

R. Scott Phillips

Cedar City Council