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From Presidio to the Pecos River - Surveying the United States-Mexico Boundary along the Rio Grande, 1852 and 1853 (Hardcover)
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From Presidio to the Pecos River - Surveying the United States-Mexico Boundary along the Rio Grande, 1852 and 1853 (Hardcover)
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The 1848 treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo that ended the
Mexican-American War described a boundary between the two countries
that was to be marked through a joint boundary commission effort.
The section of the boundary along the Rio Grande from Presidio to
the mouth of the Pecos River was arguably the most challenging, and
it was surveyed by two American parties, one led by civilian
surveyor M. T. W. Chandler in 1852, and the second led by
Lieutenant Nathaniel Michler in 1853. Our understanding of these
two surveys across the greater Big Bend has long been limited to
the official reports and maps housed in the National Archives and
never widely published. The discovery by Orville B. Shelburne of
the journal kept by Dr. Charles C. Parry,
surgeon-botanist-geologist for the 1852 party, has dramatically
enriched the story by giving us a firsthand view of the Chandler
boundary survey as it unfolded. Parry's journal forms the basis of
From Presidio to the Pecos River, which documents the day-to-day
working of the survey teams. The story Shelburne tells is one of
scientific exploration under duress - surveyors stranded in
towering canyons overnight without food or shelter; piloting
inflatable rubber boats down wild rivers; rising to the challenges
of a profoundly remote area, including the possibility of Indian
attack. Shelburne's comparison of the original boundary maps with
their modern counterparts reveals the limitations of terrain and
equipment on the survey teams. Shelburne's book provides a window
on the adventure, near disaster, and true accomplishment of the
surveyors' work in documenting the course of the Rio Grande across
the Big Bend region.
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