Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter, first women to boat the Grand Canyon and first botanists to catalogue the flora along the Colorado River

Elzada Clover smiles at the camera while sitting in the Wen on Bright Angel Creek in the Grand Canyon. In 1938, Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter became the first two non-native women to complete the journey through Grand Canyon by boat, about 70 years after John Wesley Powell’s expedition. They were the first botanists to catalog the flora along the river in the Canyon. Photo courtesy of Grand Canyon National Park Museum Collection #00591.