There's where we're going, boys! the major said pointing. . .
He didn't have a map in his hand, of course, because there was hardly any mapped terrain in this part of the country, such as became the case after his two epic expeditions, like so. . .
These final two diaries will fill in the other blanks to this story, which I'm sure some of you in the DKos community are eager to know.
Note To Dkos Readers: If you are just joining me for this series of diaries on, please read the introduction in the first diary (http://www.dailykos.com/...). I also recommend reading the ensuing diaries. It will help explain the essence of both the adventure and the social politics behind same. Of course, the greatest human mystery of the three men will be partially explained, because that's why it's still a human mystery.
10 Minus 1 And Now Missing 3: Six men had finished what they started and three men vanished forever. As for Frank Valentine Goodman who left the party early in the expedition, he might have remained loyal to the major or sided with the Howlands and Dunn, that is, had he not lost nearly all of his possessions and left when he did. But to this day only the nine men are given credit for the expedition, and just six completing the daunting task, which happened on August 29.
Historic photo of the Grand Wash Cliffs where it enters Lake Mead (Steve Leding, circa 1952):
Kindly note in this diary there will be minimal photos offered, mainly because there are a relative few historical photos pertaining to this story, which have mostly been used thus far in these diaries. Two archive sources that I thought might at least lease (for free) rare photographs of the 1869 crew could not be bargained with, and therefore images of these men (other than the major) can be found in this man's work (a highly recommended account, that should interest most DKos readers):
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