Stanton, Robert B. Edited by Dwight L. Smith and C. Gregory Crampton

The Colorado River Survey: Robert B. Stanton and the Denver, Colorado Canyon & Pacific Railroad

Salt Lake City: Howe Brothers, 1987. First Edition. 305pp. Octavo [26 cm] Burgundy cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Fine/Fine. Item #10147

Warmly inscribed by the editor, Gregory Crampton, on the half-title. Illustrated with black and white views and maps. This work prints the field notes made by Stanton during the survey. Stanton was a very faithful and detailed writer of his daily notes. The notes are from the ill-fated first survey attempt, where Railroad President Brown and two crew members drowned, and the second successful attempt with Stanton in charge. Ford 63.

Price: $75.00