James H. Simpson, a first lieutenant during the
1849 survey, was promoted to a brigadier general and named chief
engineer of the Interior Department.
Frank McNitt was a leading authority on southwestern
history.
Frank McNitt makes the coin of the past ring true…. He has given us the New Mexico-Arizona world as it looked on the eve of an era during which U.S. traders and government people were to become a daily factor in Navajo and Pueblo life."" - New Mexico Quarterly
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