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Marker detail: Major Stephen H. Long
Photographer: Colorado Historical Society
Caption: Marker detail: Major Stephen H. Long
Additional Description: Maj. Stephen H. Long described lands east of the Rockies as the "Great American Desert," reporting to his superiors in 1821 that this region would serve as a "barrier to prevent too great an extension of our population westward."
Submitted: July 19, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p598209
File Size: 0.831 Megabytes

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