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Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden
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Born September 7, 1829 • Westfield • Massachusetts
Died December 22, 1887 (aged 58) • Philadelphia • Pennsylvania

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The Grand Cañon, Yellowstone
View in Yellowstone National Park by W. H. Jackson, 1871, with the Hayden Survey.Until the end of the nineteenth century, the West was largely unknown. Ferdinand Hayden was one of the pioneer investigators, exploring the Great Plains and the Rockies for thirty years. He was also largely responsible for the creation of Yellowstone National Park.
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