Stansbury, Howard, 1806-1863
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Name (Latin)
Stansbury, Howard, 1806-1863
Date of birth
1806-02-08
Date of death
1863-04-17
Occupation
Civil engineers
Explorers
Surveyors
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- His Exploring expedition to the Great Salt Lake, 1988:CIP t.p. (Howard Stansbury)
- LC data base, 1-12-88(hdg.: Stansbury, Howard)
- Appletons' cyclopaedia of Amer. biog., 1888(Stansbury, Howard; explorer, civil engineer, surveyor of rivers and railroads; Great Salt Lake Expedition, 1849-51; b. N.Y.C. 8 Feb. 1806; d. Madison, Wis. 17 April 1863)
Wikipedia description:
Howard Stansbury (February 8, 1806 – April 17, 1863) was a major in the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers. One of his most notable achievements was leading a two-year expedition (1849–1851) to survey the Great Salt Lake and its surroundings. The expedition report entitled Exploration and survey of the valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah, including a reconnaissance of a new route through the Rocky Mountains was published in 1852 providing the first serious scientific exploration of the flora and fauna of the Great Salt Lake Valley as well as a favorable impression of the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who had settled there beginning in 1847.
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