“The Domain of Courageous Men” is the true story of Dr. Elzada Clover, the first woman to raft the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon in 1938. The expedition made women’s history, as well as scientific. Elzada and her assistant Lois Jotter conducted the first full botanical survey of the Grand, discovering several new species of cacti.

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