Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Note: The rating in the General Natural History Notes column is a general rating of the natural history content of the written record left by the explorer or expedition. This rating does not reflect the overall quality of the written record.
| Explorer or Expedition | Dates | Purpose of Expedition |
General Natural History Notes |
Scientific Studies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leraye/Pardo | 1802 | fur trade | ? | no |
| Lewis & Clark | 1804-06 | exploration | good | yes |
| LaRocque | 1805 | fur trade | fair | no |
| Hunt | 1811 | fur trade | ? | no |
| Nuttall/Bradury* | 1811 | scientific | fair | yes |
| Thompson | 1808-12 | fur trade | fair | no |
| Cox | 1812 | fur trade | poor | no |
| McKenzie | 1818-21 | fur trade | poor | no |
| Ross | 1819-24 | fur trade | poor | no |
| Ashley/Henry | 1806-25 | fur trade | poor | no |
| Ogden | 1825 | fur trade | fair | no |
| Douglas* | 1824-33 | scientific | good | yes |
| Wilhelm | 1830 | scientific | lost | yes |
| Maximilian | 1833-34 | scientific | good | yes |
| Ferris | 1831-34 | fur trade | fair | no |
| Work | 1824-32 | fur trade | fair | no |
| Catlin | 1832 | artistic | good | no |
| Wyeth | 1833 | fur trade | fair | yes |
| Russell | 1833-43 | fur trade | good | no |
| Wilkes* | 1838-42 | scientific | good | yes |
| DeSmet | 1840-70 | religious | fair | yes |
| Audubon | 1843 | scientific | good | yes |
| Geyer | 1843 | scientific | good | yes |
| Burke | 1845 | scientific | poor | yes |
| Palliser | 1847-48 | hunting | good | no |
| Denig/Chardon/Larpenteur | extended period | fur trade | fair | no |
| Culbertson | 1850 | scientific | good | yes |
| Kurz | 1851-52 | artistic | fair | no |
| Gore | 1854-56 | hunting | lost | no |
| Stevens | 1853-54 | exploration | good | yes |
| Hayden | 1854-55 | paleontology | good | yes |
| Warren | 1855-57 | exploration | good | yes |
| Raynolds | 1859-60 | exploration | good | yes |
| British N.A. | 1857-60 | exploration | good | yes |
| Northwest Boundary | 1857-61 | exploration | good/lost | yes |
| Stuart | 1875-1916 | mining, ranching | poor | no |
| Mullan/Blake | 1859-60 | military | good | yes |
| Yellowstone | 1863 | exploration | fair | no |
| DeLacy | 1863 | exploration | poor | no |
| Powder River Campaigns | 1865 | military | poor | no |
| Mathews | 1860s | artistic | fair | no |
| Koch | 1869-70 | fur trade | fair | no |
| Folsom/Cook | 1869 | exploration | fair | no |
| Washburn/Doane | 1870 | exploration | fair | no |
| Hayden | 1871-72 | scientific | good | yes |
| Messiter | 1871-72 | hunting | good | no |
| N. Pacific Railroad | 1871-73 | exploration | good | yes |
| Roberts | 1872 | scientific | fair | yes |
| Jones | 1873 | exploration | good | yes |
| N. Boundary Commission | 1873-74 | exploration, scientific | good | yes |
| Custer* | 1874 | exploration | good | yes |
| Dunraven | 1874 | hunting | fair | no |
| Yellowstone Wagon Rd. | 1874 | exploration | fair | no |
| Ludlow/Grinnell | 1875 | scientific | good | yes |
| Military Campaigns | 1875-77 | military | poor-good | yes |
| Doane | 1876 | exploration | fair | no |
| N. Pacific Railroad | 1880-83 | exploration | good | yes |
| Hornaday | 1886 | scientific | good | yes |
| Garfield Univ. | 1889 | scientific | poor | yes |
| Merriam/Bailey | 1890 | scientific | good | yes |
| Evermann | 1890-91 | scientific | good | yes |
| Cameron | 1900s | scientific | good | yes |
| Leiberg/Ayers | 1898-04 | scientific | good | yes |
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