Mount Franklin, El Paso, Texas, January - March, 1897

Related Titles

Contained In: Samuel Ward Loper papers, 1897

Series: SIA Acc. 16-114

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Loper, Samuel Ward, 1834-1910

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1897

Notes

The field book documents the work of Samuel Ward Loper in Mount Franklin, El Paso, Texas, January 14 - March 15, 1897. Entries are dated and narrative in structure. They describe travel details, expenses, type and location of work completed, descriptions of strata, geological sections, fossil collecting completed, weather, and drawings of terrain and fossil specimens.

Subjects

Field notes , Geology , Paleontology , Texas , United States

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.133966