Details - Bailey, V. O., Montana, Nevada, South Dakota, Wyoming, May 1894 - September 1894

Bailey, V. O., Montana, Nevada, South Dakota, Wyoming, May 1894 - September 1894

Title

Bailey, V. O., Montana, Nevada, South Dakota, Wyoming, May 1894 - September 1894

Related Titles

Contained In: Mammal Section, Bird and Mammal Labs, Fish and Wildlife Service, US Department of the Interior, Division of Mammals

Series: SIA Acc. 12-443

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

By

Bailey, Vernon, 1864-1942

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1894

Notes

The journal documents Vernon Orlando Bailey's collecting mammal and bird specimens in Montana, Nevada, South Dakota, Wyoming, May 4 - September 14, 1894. Entries are dated and describe travel and specimen collecting. Pages are often headed with destination, in ranges. Details include routes, methods of travel, daily activities and times of day, terrain (including altitude), vegetation (type and abundance), observed wildlife, specimens collected per day (type and quantity), travel expenses, weather, interactions with local officials (by name), campsites, collecting methods. Includes a sketch of campsite in landscape. Additional location information includes names of rivers and peaks. At the end of the notebook is a list of distances traveled per date (no location listed). Locations includes O'Neill, Valentine, Nebraska; Newcastle, Rapid City (state unidentified); Sundance, Devil's Tower, Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming; Fort Custer, Big Snowy mountains, Yellowstone National Park, Montana; Pryor mountains.