A few weeks ago I attended a presentation on the Crimson Cowboys at the DSU
Alumni House. It was interesting and informative. I had never heard of the Crimson
Cowboys or the 1931 Claflin Expedition before attending.
Alumni House. It was interesting and informative. I had never heard of the Crimson
Cowboys or the 1931 Claflin Expedition before attending.
The idea that an expedition lasting four weeks and traveling four hundred miles
was never officially recorded is baffling to me. There were plenty of notes and
some artifacts. However, the secretary never finished the official report of the
expedition; it is still a mystery as to what they actually did during the expedition.
The presenter said that this expedition should have been one of the great
archaeological stories of America, but instead it was simply files and boxes in
the basement of the Peabody Museum at Harvard University. The presenter
and his co-author spent quite a bit of time compiling the notes of this expedition
into a book.
was never officially recorded is baffling to me. There were plenty of notes and
some artifacts. However, the secretary never finished the official report of the
expedition; it is still a mystery as to what they actually did during the expedition.
The presenter said that this expedition should have been one of the great
archaeological stories of America, but instead it was simply files and boxes in
the basement of the Peabody Museum at Harvard University. The presenter
and his co-author spent quite a bit of time compiling the notes of this expedition
into a book.
I am always interested in learning more about history, the land, and people so
this was intriguing. One thing that I’d like to know more about is what happened
to the men after returning from the expedition. Only one man, Waldo Forbes,
actually went on to become a cowboy. So, it’d be interesting to learn why this
expedition as a whole was referred to as the Crimson Cowboys, since there was
not much explanation as to that.
this was intriguing. One thing that I’d like to know more about is what happened
to the men after returning from the expedition. Only one man, Waldo Forbes,
actually went on to become a cowboy. So, it’d be interesting to learn why this
expedition as a whole was referred to as the Crimson Cowboys, since there was
not much explanation as to that.
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