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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.

Publication Info. Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 273 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
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Physical Medium polychrome
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
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Subject Macomb, J. N. (John N.), 1810 or 1811-1889 -- Travel -- Four Corners Region.
Macomb, J. N. (John N.), 1810 or 1811-1889.
Travel.
United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers.
United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers.
Geological surveys -- Four Corners Region -- History -- 19th century.
Geological surveys.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Geological surveys -- Four Corners Region -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
Genre/Form Sources.
Subject Scientific expeditions -- Four Corners Region -- History -- 19th century.
Scientific expeditions.
Canyons -- Four Corners Region -- History -- 19th century.
Canyons.
Paleontology -- Four Corners Region -- History -- 19th century.
Paleontology.
Four Corners Region -- Geography.
Four Corners Region -- Discovery and exploration.
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Discovery and exploration.
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Electronic book.
Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Madsen, Steven K. Exploring desert stone. Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, ©2010 9780874217070 (DLC) 2009031474 (OCoLC)429634784
ISBN 9780874217087 (electronic book)
0874217083 (electronic book)
1283078031
9781283078030
9780874217070
0874217075