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Feb 08, 1806 New York City, New York, United States Died on 17 Apr 1863 (aged 57)
Major, U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers
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About Howard Stansbury
- Howard Stansbury (February 8, 1806 – April 17, 1863) was a major in the U.S.
- Army Corps of Topographical Engineers.
- His most notable achievement was leading a two-year expedition (1849–1851) to survey the Great Salt Lake and its surroundings.
- The expedition report entitled Exploration and survey of the valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah, including a reconnaissance of a new route through the Rocky Mountains was published in 1852 providing the first serious scientific exploration of the flora and fauna of the Great Salt Lake Valley as well as a favorable impression of the members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who had settled there beginning in 1847.
