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Exploring Desert Stone
John N. Macomb's 1859 Expedition to the Canyonlands of the Colorado
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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 and the Green and looking for alternative routes into Utah, which was of particular interest in the wake of the Utah War, they produced a substantial documentary record, most of which is published for the first time in this volume. Theirs is also the first detailed map of the region, and it is published in Exploring Desert Stone, as well.
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 and the Green and looking for alternative routes into Utah, which was of particular interest in the wake of the Utah War, they produced a substantial documentary record, most of which is published for the first time in this volume. Theirs is also the first detailed map of the region, and it is published in Exploring Desert Stone, as well.
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Madsen’s work provides the first detailed investigation of the 1859 Macomb Expedition into western Colorado and the canyon country of Utah. Beyond his first-rate analysis, Madsen presents the most important elements of the venture’s documentary record, making this fascinating study and significant contribution to our understanding of the Southwest also a valuable resource for anyone who loves the American West.
—Will Bagley
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Front Matter
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Contents
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Illustrations and Maps
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction
xv - Part I The Story of the Macomb San Juan Exploring Expedition
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Organizing the Expedition
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The Expedition
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The Expedition’s Aftermath
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The Bones and the Map
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Epilogue
117 - Part II Selected Documents of the San Juan Exploring Expedition
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The Camps of the San Juan Exploring Expedition
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Diary of Charles H. Dimmock May 4 to November 19, 1859
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Topographical Memoir of Charles H. Dimmock
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Abridged Diary of John S. Newberry July 13 to September 28 1859
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1859 Letters of John N. Macomb, Jr., to His Wife, Ann Minerva “Nannie” Rodgers Macomb
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Letters of John S. Newberry to Spencer F. Baird, Smithsonian Institution
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Letters of Friedrich W. von Egloffstein to John N. Macomb, Jr.
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Bibliography
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Index
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