is possible that Beale could have known about these expeditions

[cw0909]

found out I'm related to this guy, was checking him out & found he explored the west in 1820

Long's Expedition of 1820 - Wikipedia

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I have some reading to do
parts 1-4 of Long expedition

Books by Long, Stephen H. (Stephen Harriman) (sorted by popularity)

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Pike exploration

Pike Expedition - Wikipedia

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a map of the Pike & long expeditions

Explorations in the West 1804-1845

Wall maps. Relief shown by hachures. "Copyright by E.W.A. Rowles"--On map sheets. Publication date inferred from rubber-stamped date: Dec. 1-1919. Sheet edges mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Some maps include inset. Includes...

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[cw0909]

I'm not convinced that Stephen H. Long is my ancestor, but searching around for more info on him, I did find
a copy of the original book by Zebulon Montgomery Pike, that HathiTrust referenced
First published in 1810 under title:
An account of expeditions to the sources of the Mississippi.

Catalog Record: The journals of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, with letters and related documents

also found the maps, charts, statistical sheets parts 2 & 3 haven't located 1 yet @ the LOC
info for copy 1 can be found under notes
img can be opened and zoomed

[Atlas accompanying An account of expeditions to the sources of the Mississippi and through the western parts of Louisiana to the sources of the Arkansaw, Kans, La Platte, and Pierre Jaun rivers]

"Some copies [of An account] are accompanied by the six maps bound separately." Cf. Sabin 62836. List of geographical atlases in the Library of Congress, 11024 Copy 1 incomplete: missing all maps, but contains statistical sheets. Copy 2 incomplete: missing Map of Internal Provinces of New Spain...

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An account of expeditions to the sources of the Mississippi.

AJ-143

http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-143/summary/

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[tamrock]

Longs Peak has been a regular sight of mine for more than 30+ years now. There was a time I could see it from my kitchen window, but trees grew in between me and that veiw some time ago. These are a couple pictures I've taken of Longs Peak. The 1st I took outside of town from some undeveloped bluffs outside of Lafayette, Colorado where I live. It's a place I like to ride my bike to and still remains untouched and very close to what the natural landscape was before all this urban development had replaced this natural land with the specific designed landscapes of modern development. The one with the sun setting behind Longs Peak was taken by a small lake called Prince Lake 1 or maybe Prince Lake 2 during fire season in the Rockies.

 

[bigscoop]

The first order of business is to confirm that TJB in the pamphlet tale and his group of alleged adventurers ever existed, which no such evidence has ever been discovered.