Journal of an expedition in the Wyoming Territory, 1877, May-December.

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Journal of an expedition in the Wyoming Territory, 1877, May-December.

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Journal kept by Edward Clymer during his 1877 expedition to the Wyoming Territory with George B. Chittenden and Dr. F.M. Endlich. Provides an account of Clymer's westward travels by railroad and his arrival in Cheyenne in late May 1877. The diary subsequently traces the small expedition's movements in and around Salt Wells, Pacific Creek, Fort Stambaugh, the Sweetwater River, Rawlins, and Strawberry Creek. During this time they climbed Fremont Peak, shot mountain goats, encountered a grizzly bear, participated in a buffalo hunt, and discovered Indian relics. The diary also records Clymer's trip through Salt Lake City and return to Pennsylvania in September 1877, as well as entries from his life in Berks County through December 1877 (there are no entries for October).

1 bound manuscript.

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Chittenden, George B.

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George Benjamin Chittenden was born in Conn. in Dec. 1849. A graduate of Yale University, he worked as a topographer for the U. S. Geological and Geographic Survey of the Territories conducted by Ferdinand V. Hayden in Colo. and Wyo. (1873-1877). Known as the Hayden Survey, the surveys helped define the Western U. S. during expansion after the American Civil War. Chittenden died in 1939. From the description of George B. Chittenden papers, 1873-1877 [manuscript]. (Denver Public Libra...

Endlich, Frederick M.

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Clymer, Edward.

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Edward Clymer, a descendant of Declaration of Independence signer George Clymer, was a native of Berks County, Pennsylvania. George B. Chittenden was a topographer with the U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, who worked on surveys in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. Mount Chittenden in Yellowstone Park was named for him by Henry Gannett of the Hayden Geological Survey of 1878. Dr. Frederic M. Endlich, a naturalist, geologist, and mining en...