Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden

Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden (September 7, 1829 – December 22, 1887) was an American geologist, paleontologist, pioneering surveyor of the western United States, and physician who served as a surgeon with the Union Army during the Civil War. Hayden was elected in 1860 to the American Philosophical Society and in 1873 to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Quotes ... wonderful falls, hot springs, geysers ... we have prepared a map expressly to show the Yellowstone National Park Park with its surroundings ...A glance at the map reveals to the reader the geographical locality of Yellowstone Lake one of the most beautiful lakes in the world, set like an emerald among the mountains. It will be seen also that the mountains that wall it in on every side, form one of the most remarkabel water-sheds on the continent. The snows that fall upon their summits give origin to three of the largest rivers in North America. On the north side are the sources of the Yellowstone River Yellowstone; on the west side those of the Missouri Headwaters State Park Three Forks of the Missouri River Missouri; on the southwest and south those of the Snake River Snake river flowing into the Columbia River Columbia and thence into the Pacific Ocean, and those of Green River (Colorado River tributary) Green river rushing southward to join the great Colorado River Colorado, and finally emptying into the Gulf of California; while on the east are the numerous sources of Wind River (Wyoming) Wind river. April 1872 ARTICLE XLI.—The Yellowstone National Park American Journal of Science and Arts (1820-1879) 3 16 294–320 https://www.proquest.com/openview/59dd21f81778ec7363a39439d0a34e1b/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=42401 (quote from p. 294; text at archive.org) Indians or old Mountain man trappers traveling through the enemy's territory, always fear to build a fire, lest the smoke attract the notice of the foe. The consequence is, that they have contracted the habit of eating certain parts of an animals is an uncooked condition. I have estimated that six men may make a full meal from a Bison buffalo without lighting a fire. The ribs on one side are taken out with a knife and the concavity serves as a dish. The brains are taken out of the skull, and the marrow from the leg bones, and the two are chopped together in the rib dish. The liver and lungs are eaten with a keen relish, also certain portions of the intestines, and the blood supplies an excellent and nutritious drink. Sun Pictures of the Rocky Mountain Scenery 1879 New York Julius Bien https://books.google.com/books/about/Sun_Pictures_of_Rocky_Mountain_Scenery_w.html?id=D-r4HbD9tuYC&pg=PA77 77 The Great Plains great Plains form one great Open range cattle-range. From Texas to Montana we find them dotted over with the huts of the ranchmen and covered with herds of cattle. They follow closely the retreating steps of the Bison buffalo. So in the great valleys of Montana, the great valleys of California, and those of Oregon—indeed, wherever grass grows and hostile Indians are not too plentiful, there we find herds of cattle. Some of the cattle-men are very wealthy, numbering their cattle by the hundreds of thousands. Next to the Gold mining gold- and Silver mining silver-mines, no industry adds more to the wealth of the country than this. The demand for the foreign market has been very great, and over two million pounds of meat per month have been transported to Europe. The Great West (with contributions by various authors) The Great West by Professor F. V. Hayden Bloomington, Illinois Charles R. Brodix 1880 https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Great_West.html?id=vNkRAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA17 17–87 (528 pages; quote from p. 87) Quotes about Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden The summer of 1858 was spent by Dr. Hayden and Fielding Bradford Meekd Mr. Meek in company, exploring various parts of the then History of Kansas#Early 1850s and the territory organization Territory of Kansas. This exploration was very successful, especially in the collection of fossils, which were published under the name of Meek & Hayden, a joint authority which from that time forward became familiar to all readers of geological literature. Charles Abiathar White, Ferdinand V. Hayden, 1839–1887 Biographical Memoirs National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) 1895 https://books.google.com/books?id=6rcAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA401 394–413 (quote from p. 401; This biographical memoir contains a misspelling of F. V. Hayden’s middle name.) External links Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden and the Founding of the Yellowstone National Park Geological Survey (U.S.) U.S. Government Printing Office 1973 https://books.google.com/books?id=rhvVtWbPeYsC (45 pages) Category:1829 births Category:1887 deaths Category:Geologists from the United States Category:Members of the American Philosophical Society Category:Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Category:Paleontologists from the United States Category:Science authors from the United States Category:Scientists from Massachusetts Category:University of Pennsylvania faculty