Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-26
THE LARAMIE EXPEDITION.
Scientists Visit the
Fossil Fields of Wyoming.
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correspondence Of the Dispatch)
LARAMIE. WYO.. July I9.-Something
more IMAM a month ago the Union pa
'inc raiiroad invited a party Of 100 geolo-
sISts 10 visit the fossil-felds OF Wyoming
ana gave each geOlOgist invited the privi-
tSse OF bringing with him one or Two Of
His assistants or friends the railroad
.uiti"si,ihs Tree transportation for the
trlp To-day the scientists. with their
friends and assistants, arrived i'm Lara
me ana among them one sees represen-
tauVeS OF all the larger universities of
G Iio hlted states, including Professors
cessor: ;. W. WilistOn. of Kansas. n
r. osborne, Of Columbia. and DR.. O.
hambach. Of Washington University. 81
LOUIS an noted psychologists, who have
worked In this most noted fossil-feld az
the world. other distinguished men in
mo party are DR.. Eugene A. Smith. state
GeOlogist of Alabama: Professor Collier
1obb. OF the University Of North Caro-
lima: Professor Andrew c. lawson. Uni
versity Of California: Fred Il. Peck.
Lafayette College; Professor G.. G. Brod-
head. state GeOloglst Of Missouri; DIT
W. j. Holland of the Carnegie Museum
Pittsburg; Dr. Schuchert of the National
Museum. besides representatives of the
Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cam
bridge, and the Field Columbian Museum
1T Chicago.
The main direction of the expedition
be terminated az the grand canon of the
Platte. On the hOmeward Journey a new
route will be selected, and the trip will
consequently be as varied as il can pos
sibly be made. II is purely for the benefit
of the biologists. who have been invited
out here To investigate the huge reptilian
remains Of this region, besides numerous
large orders of mammals long since eX-
tinct. Among the treasures one finds the
ancestors Of the elephant. rhineceros.
camel. horse, cat, and dog as well as
monkeys, great sea monsters, and fossil
plants which show conc usively that high
mountains and barren PLAINS, where one
sees snow now in July, and has TO wear
winter iannels, We're once covered with
great forests OF tropical and semi
tropical trees
Professor Collier Cobb, of the University
OF North Carolina, president. and Pro-
fessOr II. Ii. Barbour, of the University
of Nebraska. secretary. OF the temporary
organization Later Professor Knight.
the getter-up OF the expedition was
made permanent president, and Professor
Collier Cobb permanent secretary
The expedition will be gone into the
wilderness for forty days. taking along
camping outfit, cooks, and food The
party Will be divided into several groups.
each with a referee for its particular line
of investigation. These referees are, in
part Professor II. f. Osborne. Columbia
College New York. vertebrate paaeon-
tOlOgy; Dr. q. HANBACK,, lnNeiteDIdte pa
laeontOlogy; Professor George L. Collie,
Beloit College. physiographic geology;
Or. a. G. Lawson. Berkeley, Cal, petro-
graphy.
This evening at s o'clock the citizens
gave the visiting scientists reception
i'm the auditorium Of the university. Pres
ident Smiley welcomed them in behalf Of
the University of Wyoming Colonel
Downey on the part Of the citizens OF
Laramie and Judge HaWorth represent
So, - on rgr RI nf IA
OF Wyoming Responses We're made by
Chancellor w j. Holland, OF Pittsburg,
for the East; Dr. Andrew G. Lawson, OF
California. for the West; Professor c.
G. Broadhead. of Missouri. for the Cen
trail states. and Professor Collier Cobb,
of North Carolina, for the South.
The party is accompanied by expert
photographers and by staff representa-
lives of Omaha, Chicago and New York
papers. GEOkGt OhADbOChN'