When the Eagle Screamed.

Goetzmann, William H.

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“…15 William Goetzmann noted in 1966 that the Wheeler Survey is "comparatively little known and largely uncelebrated." 16 The same is probably true today, despite the fact that numerous historians and others have documented the story of Wheeler and his survey in various published accounts. 17 Furthermore, none of these accounts documents the story of Colorado's astronomical monuments or describes the work of Dr. Kampf. Wheeler intended that these monuments would be permanent markers that surveyors and astronomers could use for future observations.…”

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Star crossings and stone monuments-Field astronomy by the Wheeler Survey in 1870s Colorado

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confidence: 94%