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This work was initiated under grants from the Margaret T. Morris Foundation and a second a n o n y m o u s f o u n d a t i o n , w h i c h p a i d f o r t h e initial s e a r c h e s f o r h i s t o r i c p h o t o g r a p h s a n d c o v e r e d expenses of many of the rephotography trips. These foundations also funded publication of a catalog of early photographs (Shaw and McCroskey 1995). The Prescott National Forest supplementedtheabovefundswithacost-sharegrantforfieldwork.Individualswhohelped withfieldworkorotheraspectsofthejobincludeShawnBower,GrayBower,PeterJanknecht, Sue Schuhardt, Tom and Marge Perkins, David and Christine Coblentz, Mike Wurtz, Warren Miller, Janet Lovelady, Richard Sims, and Jay Eby. Raymond M. Turner spent three days in the field with me, checking some of my early photograph relocations and providing large format repeat photographs of the sites. Dr. Turner also reviewed in detail an early draft of the manuscript. An anonymous reviewer critiqued an earlier version of this manuscript, and his comments have been incorporated. Other reviewers include David Brown, Patrick Boles, RobertEuler,ArlanHelgeson,TomJonas,AlMedina,CarolynSieg,andAndrewWallace.Dr. Peter Janknecht of Braga, Portugal spent time with m e in the woodlands of northern Arizona andwillinglyinterpretedtheMollhausenmanuscriptfromtheIvesexpeditionfromGermaninto English. His knowledge of the area has been invaluable in assessing the finer connotations of someoftheGermanwords.EugeneP.Polkprovidedcommentandencouragementalongthe way.BruceFeealertedmetotheSherburnmanuscriptandprovidedacopy.PattyWoodruff listened to my constant theorizing, has read and re-read the manuscript, and added her eyes and ears, as well as her companionship, to my days afield.
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