Hayden Survey

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19th-century scientific expedition United States government expedition geographical survey geological survey

The Hayden Survey was a 19th-century U.S. geological and geographical exploration led by Ferdinand V. Hayden that extensively mapped and studied the American West, including parts of Colorado.

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instanceOf 19th-century scientific expedition ⓘ
United States government expedition ⓘ
geographical survey ⓘ
geological survey ⓘ
aim to map and describe the geology and geography of western U.S. territories ⓘ
to provide scientific justification for conservation measures in key regions ⓘ
to support resource development and settlement in the American West ⓘ
contemporaryWith King Survey NERFINISHED ⓘ
Powell Geographic Expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wheeler Survey NERFINISHED ⓘ
contributedTo establishment of Yellowstone National Park ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
endTime 1879 ⓘ
field botany ⓘ
cartography ⓘ
geography ⓘ
geology ⓘ
paleontology ⓘ
topography ⓘ
zoology ⓘ
leader Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden NERFINISHED ⓘ
legacy foundation for later U.S. Geological Survey mapping in the West ⓘ
influential in the development of American earth sciences ⓘ
mainTerritorialFocus U.S. Territories of the American West NERFINISHED ⓘ
method collection of rock and fossil specimens ⓘ
photographic documentation ⓘ
systematic field mapping ⓘ
notableWork geological mapping of the Rocky Mountains ⓘ
production of detailed atlases and maps of western territories ⓘ
scientific exploration of the Yellowstone region ⓘ
topographic mapping of Colorado ⓘ
partOf Four Great Surveys of the American West NERFINISHED ⓘ
produced annual survey reports to the U.S. Congress ⓘ
botanical and zoological catalogues ⓘ
geological cross-sections of western territories ⓘ
paleontological monographs ⓘ
sponsor U.S. Department of the Interior NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime 1867 ⓘ
studiedRegion Colorado Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dakota Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ
Idaho Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ
Montana Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nebraska Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ
Utah Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wyoming Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod Gilded Age NERFINISHED ⓘ
Reconstruction era NERFINISHED ⓘ

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U.S. Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel → concurrentWith → Hayden Survey ⓘ
Mount Massive → namedBy → Hayden Survey ⓘ