Steven K. Madsen

Steven K. Madsen, historian of the Spanish Trail here tells the full story of Macomb's party of topographical engineers, soldiers, and one notable scientist, John S. Newberry. The explorers confirmed the route of the Old Spanish Trail, came within a few miles of the confluence, and produced the mehr anzeigen earliest accurate cartography of the region. Although the official report of the expedition has long been available in print, most of the documents party members wrote are published here for the first time, along with the illustrations and map, which include the first graphic depictions of some of the Southwest's most amazing scenery. weniger anzeigen