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- A combined geographical index for Annie Alexander and Louise Kellogg, Carl Purpus, and Tom Schweich is available at Combined Geographical Index -- A.
- Locations are generally listed in the way that Purpus spelled them, with a reference to a current name or spelling for that location.
- All locations are in the United States, unless another country is explicitly listed in the entry.
- Locations in the United States may be compared with the United States Geological Service: Geographical Names Information System by clicking on Query: G. N. I. S.
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Query: See also: Lida. |
Allida, Esmeralda County, Nevada. |
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See: Lida. Letters that refer to this location: - Carl
A. Purpus to Katherine Brandegee: 5/28/1898
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Query: G.N.I.S.
See also: Beatty.
Ash Meadows. Lathrop Wells.
| Amargosa Desert, Nye County, Nevada. |
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In extreme southern Nye County from south of Beatty to southeast of Lathrop Wells and hence south and west, barely entering Inyo County, California. 1898.
Articles that refer to this location: - Report By C. A. Purpus
On His Expedition To The Desert Areas Of Southern and Western Nevada, Northern Arizona, And Western Utah:
0190
- A Cactus-Collecting Trip to
the Deserts of Southern Nevada, Northwestern Arizona, and Southwestern Utah:
0170
Letters that refer to
this location: |
Query: G.N.I.S.
See also: Beatty. Oasis Valley. |
Amargosa River, Nye County, Nevada. |
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Small ephemeral stream starting in Oasis Valley and flows south through Beatty with the usually dry river beds winding south into Death Valley. 1898.
Articles that refer to this location: - Report By C. A. Purpus
On His Expedition To The Desert Areas Of Southern and Western Nevada, Northern Arizona, And Western Utah:
0160
- A Cactus-Collecting Trip to
the Deserts of Southern Nevada, Northwestern Arizona, and Southwestern Utah:
0170
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Query: |
Amecamesca, , Mexico. |
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Letters that refer to this location: - Carl A. Purpus
to Katharine Brandegee: 1/23/1903
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Query: G.N.I.S.
| Antelope, Arizona. |
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1902. (Needs location.) |
Query: G.N.I.S.
| Argus, Inyo County, California. |
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Doubtful as a location, Purpus' letter of September 5, 1898 uses "Argus" in the dateline. [Probably should refer to Purpus's letter of May 5, 1898. At that time, Purpus would have been near the location now known as Argus, San Bernardino County.]
Letters that refer to this location: - Carl A. Purpus
to Katherine Brandegee: 5/9/1898
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Query: See also:
Argus Range.
| Argus Mountains, Inyo County, California. |
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See: Argus Range, as that is the current preferred name. Articles
that refer to this location: - Report on my collecting trip this
year [1896] through the southeastern Sierra Nevada of California: 0260
- Report of My Journey in the
Southern Sierra Nevada and the Argus and Madurango Ranges: 0220
- A Cactus-Collecting Trip to the
Deserts of Southern Nevada, Northwestern Arizona, and Southwestern Utah:
0050
Letters that refer to
this location: |
Query: G.N.I.S.
See also: Argus Range.
Maturango Peak.
| Argus Peak, Inyo County, California. |
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Articles that refer to this location: - Report of My Journey
in the Southern Sierra Nevada and the Argus and Madurango Ranges: 0240
- A Cactus-Collecting Trip to the
Deserts of Southern Nevada, Northwestern Arizona, and Southwestern Utah:
0060
- On the Trail, with Purpus,
in California: 0320
| Query: G.N.I.S.
See also: Argus
Mountains. Argus Peak. Panamint Valley.
Darwin. Madurango Range. Mountain Springs Canyon. Rose Spring Canyon (Valley?).
| Argus Range, Inyo County, California. |
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Bounded by Panamint Valley and Searles Lake to the east and Indian Wells Valley to the west. 1897, 1898. [The references to Argus Peak (no?) are probably to Maturango Peak.]
Types described from this location:
Articles that refer to this location: - Report on my
collecting trip this year [1896] through the southeastern Sierra Nevada of California:
0260
- Report of My Journey in the
Southern Sierra Nevada and the Argus and Madurango Ranges: 0220
- Report By C. A. Purpus On His
Expedition To The Desert Areas Of Southern and Western Nevada, Northern Arizona, And Western Utah:
0020
- A Cactus-Collecting Trip to
the Deserts of Southern Nevada, Northwestern Arizona, and Southwestern Utah:
0050
- C. A. Purpus: His Collecting
Trips in the Sierra Nevada and Owens Valley, California, 1896 - 1898:
0190
- On the Trail, with Purpus,
in California: 0320
Letters that refer to this location: |
Query: |
Arroyo Salado, Baja California, Mexico.
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1901. |
Query: G.N.I.S.
See also: Amargosa
Desert.
Devils Hole.
| Ash
Meadows, Nye County, Nevada. |
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Oasis area in the Amargosa Desert in extreme southern Nye County, barely entering Inyo County, California. Centered around T18S, R50-51E. 1898. Sept-Oct 1903.
Types described from this location:
Articles that refer to this location: - Report By C. A. Purpus
On His Expedition To The Desert Areas Of Southern and Western Nevada, Northern Arizona, And Western Utah:
0200
- A Cactus-Collecting Trip to
the Deserts of Southern Nevada, Northwestern Arizona, and Southwestern Utah:
0180
- On the Trail, with Purpus,
in California: 0500
Letters that refer to this location: |
Query: G.N.I.S.
| Aztec Ruins, Little Colorado County, Arizona.
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1905. |
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