Utah State University DigitalCommons@USU All USU Press Publications USU Press 2010 Exploring Desert Stone Steven K. Madsen Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/usupress_pubs Part of the Folklore Commons, and the History Commons Recommended Citation Madsen, S. K. (2010). Exploring desert stone: John N. Macomb's 1859 expedition to the canyonlands of the Colorado. Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press. This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the USU Press at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in All USU Press Publications by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Exploring Desert Stone Exploring Desert Stone John N. Macomb’s 1859 Expedition to the Canyonlands of the Colorado Steven K. Madsen Logan, Utah Utah State University Press Copyright © 2010 Utah State University Press All rights reserved Utah State University Press Logan, Utah 84319-7800 USUPress.org 978-0-87421-707-0 (cloth) 978-0-87421-708-7 (e-book) The National Trails-Intermountain Region of the National Park Service funded devel- opment of the facsimile of the 1864 Map of Explorations and Surveys in New Mexico and Utah made under the direction of the Secretary of War by Capt. J. N. Macomb, Topographical Engineers, assisted by C. H. Dimmock, C. Engineer, by Frederick W. von Egloffstein. Manufactured in China Printed on acid-free, recycled paper Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Madsen, Steven K. Exploring desert stone : John N. Macomb’s 1859 expedition to the canyonlands of the Colorado / Steven K.