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Author Madsen, Steven K.

Title Exploring desert stone : John N. Macomb's 1859 expedition to the canyonlands of the Colorado / Steven K. Madsen
Published Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, ©2010
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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 273 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Contents The story of the Macomb San Juan exploring expedition -- Organizing the expedition -- The expedition -- The expedition's aftermath -- The bones and the map -- Epilogue -- Selected documents of th San Juan exploring expedition -- The camps of the San Juan exploring expedition -- Diary of Charles H. Dimmock -- Topographical memoir of Charles H. Dimmock -- Abridged diary of John S. Newberry -- 1859 letters of John N. Macomb, Jr., to his wife -- Letters of John S. Newberry to Spencer F. Baird -- Letters of Frederick W. von Egloffstein to John N. Macomb, Jr
Summary The confluence of the Green and Colorado Rivers, now in Canyonlands National Park, near popular tourist destination Moab, still cannot be reached or viewed easily. Much of the surrounding region remained remote and rarely visited for decades after settlement of other parts of the West. The first U.S. government expedition to explore the canyon country and the Four Corners area was led by John Macomb of the army's topographical engineers. The soldiers and scientists followed in part the Old Spanish Trail, whose location they documented and verified. Seeking to find the confluence of the Colorado
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Macomb, J. N. (John N.), 1810 or 1811-1889 -- Travel -- Four Corners Region
SUBJECT Macomb, J. N. (John N.), 1810 or 1811-1889 -- Travel -- Four Corners Region
Macomb, J. N. (John N.), 1810 or 1811-1889 fast
Subject United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers.
SUBJECT United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers fast
Subject Geological surveys -- Four Corners Region -- History -- 19th century
Geological surveys -- Four Corners Region -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
Scientific expeditions -- Four Corners Region -- History -- 19th century
Canyons -- Four Corners Region -- History -- 19th century
Paleontology -- Four Corners Region -- History -- 19th century
SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- General.
HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century.
Canyons
Discoveries in geography
Geography
Geological surveys
Paleontology
Scientific expeditions
Travel
Expedition
SUBJECT Four Corners Region -- Geography
Four Corners Region -- Discovery and exploration
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Discovery and exploration
Subject North America -- Colorado River
United States -- Four Corners Region
Colorado USA, Fluss
Old Spanish Trail
USA
Genre/Form History
Sources
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LC no. 2009031474
ISBN 9780874217087
0874217083
1283078031
9781283078030
9786613078032
6613078034
9781457181030
1457181037