Exploring desert stone
Subtitle: John N. Macomb's 1859 expedition to the canyonlands of the Colorado
By: Steven K. Madsen.
Publisher: Utah State University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Logan, Utah
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780874217070; 9780874217087
Subjects: Macomb, J. N. -- 1810 or 11-1889 -- Travel -- Four Corners Region; United States. -- Army. -- Corps of Topographical Engineers; 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; Four Corners Region -- Geography; Four Corners Region -- Discovery and exploration; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Discovery and exploration
Genres: Sources
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. The story of the Macomb expedition; title: Organizing the expedition; title: The expedition; title: The expedition's aftermath; title: The bones and the map; title: Epilogue; title: pt. 2.  Selected documents of the expedition; title: List of expedition camp sites; title: Diary of Charles H. Dimmock; title: Charles H. Dimmock's topographical memoir; title: Abridged diary of Dr. John Strong Newberry; title: Letters of Capt. John N. Macomb to wife "Nannie"; title: Letters of Dr. Newberry to Dr. Spencer F. Baird; title: Letters of Frederick W. von Egloffstein to Capt. John N. Macomb.