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Report of the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey...William H. Emory, Vol. 1, 1857, p. XVII
survey. He disagreed with Bartlett and was removed. Emory was his designated replacement.
Charles Christopher Parry
Parry was associated with many exploratory efforts in the American West. He served on the U.S. - Mexican Boundary Survey between 1848 and 1855 as a geologist and botanist. He was included in Whipple’s survey party as botanist and surgeon. He was the first to collect many plant species and had several species and two genera named after him. He studied under Torrey, Gray, and Engelmann. He was later the first person to hold the Botanist position with U. S. D. A.
Louis S. Craig
Craig was in command of the military escort for Bartlett during the early part of the survey. In 1850 and 1851 he passed by Cooke’s Spring with - and in support of - the Bartlett Party. He was killed by U. S. Army deserters in 1852. Fort Craig along the Rio Grande was named in his honor.
James D. Graham
Graham was the original Chief Astronomer on the Boundary Survey. This position was responsible for the actual boundary
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