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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.
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012.
©2010.

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 273 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
text file
Series Book collections on Project MUSE.
Note One folded col. map in pocket inside back cover.
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.
Access Open Access Unrestricted online access
Local Note Project Muse Project Muse Open Access
Subject Paleontology -- Four Corners Region -- History -- 19th century.
Paleontology.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Canyons -- Four Corners Region -- History -- 19th century.
Canyons.
Scientific expeditions -- Four Corners Region -- History -- 19th century.
Scientific expeditions.
Geological surveys -- Four Corners Region -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
Geological surveys.
Geological surveys -- Four Corners Region -- History -- 19th century.
Genre/Form Sources.
Subject Macomb, J. N. (John N.), 1810 or 11-1889 -- Travel -- Four Corners Region.
United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers.
United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers.
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Discovery and exploration.
Four Corners Region -- Discovery and exploration.
Four Corners Region -- Geography.
Genre/Form Electronic books. .
Added Author Project Muse, distributor.
ISBN 9780874217087
9780874217070 cloth alkaline paper