Brown, Frank Mason.

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Frank Mason Brown was president of the Denver, Colorado Canyon and Pacific Railroad Company. He helped lead the Brown-Stanton Colorado River Survey in 1889; Robert Brewster Stanton was the chief engineer of the survey. Their goal was to determine if a railroad could be built along the river. The survey began in March 1889 at Grand Junction, Colorado. Frank Mason Brown drowned in Marble Canyon on July 10th.

From the description of Diary of Frank Mason Brown, 1889, June-July. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122383421

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Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.)
Grand Canyon (Ariz.)
San Juan River (Colo.-Utah)
Southwest, New
Dirty Devil River (Utah)
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
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