Mapping the Four Corners
Subtitle: narrating the Hayden survey of 1875
By: Robert S. McPherson, Susan Rhoades Neel
Contributors: Neel, Susan Rhoades, author
Series: Volume 83 in the American exploration and travel series; American exploration and travel series -- v. 83.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780806153858
Subjects: Surveys; Description and travel; Indians of North America; Surveyors; Travel; Sources; Territorial expansion; History; Biography; Geography
Description: "Details the daily lives and adventures of the 1875 Ferdinand V. Hayden survey team, largely through their own personal narratives region geography, and the American expansionist impulse"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An "outfit of special character" : Denver to Los Pinos Indian Agency, June 7-July 27; title: "Grand and beautiful scenery" : Denver to Parrott City, June 7-July 27; title: "The view from the top" : Parrott City to the San Juan River, July 27-August 8; title: "Making stations" : Los Pinos to La Sal Mountains, July 3-August 14; title: Vestiges of bygone ages : San Juan River to Hopi Mesas, August 3-29; title: "Something serious had occurred" : La Sal Mountains to Parrott City, August 15-19; title: Getting everyone in : Parrott City and southeastern Utah, August 21-September 5; title: Back to the other side : Los Pinos Agency and Washington, D.C., August 22-October 20, 1875; title: Conclusion; title: Postscript.