Our Members and Contributors

Those listed in bold are Members. Our Members are invited to be involved in any decision making for DEEEP and they also provide help by sharing their knowledge and skills when needed.

Contributors have provided advice or information that has been needed for a specific campsite day or topic. The authors’ papers are found under DEEEP’s Research.

Photo of the Dolores river as it leaves the Dolores River Canyon and enters Big Gypsum Valley
Looking upstream of the Dolores river from Big Gypsum Valley. Photo credit: Tony Adkins

Adkins, Tony: Certified Professional Geologist with some GIS mapping skills. (semi-retired) – Colorado. Author of: The Domínguez-Escalante Expedition and Mineral Wealth

Adkins, Linda: Translator – Colorado

Alexander, Thomas G.: Lemuel Hardison Redd Jr. Professor Emeritus of Western American, Brigham Young University – Utah. Author of: Remembering Ted Warner

Andrew, Carrie: Former Director, Lone Cone Library District – Colorado
Atwood, Cary: Executive Director, Grand Valley Audubon – Colorado
Baker, M. A., Steven G: Archaeologist and Ethnohistorian (semi-retired) – Colorado
Barkoskie, Cathleen: Massachusetts

Blackburn, Fred: Historian, educator and author – Colorado

Bowles, PhD, Chris: Archaeologist – Colorado
Boyd, Shaun: Curator of Archives at History Colorado – Colorado

Bradford, David: Retired U.S. Forest Service Rangeland Management Specialist, member Hotchkiss-Crawford Historical Society – Colorado. Author of: Assessment of the Miller Report on the Route of the Domínguez -Escalante Expedition, for the dates August 27, 1776 – September 2, 1776

Brafford, C.J: Director, Ute Indian Museum – Colorado
Brown, Paula: Executive Director, Nucla-Naturita Chamber of Commerce – Colorado
Burbridge, Chas: Rancher – Colorado
Cannon, Brian: Professor of History and History Department Chair at BYU Also Former Director of the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at BYU – Utah

Chase, Charlie: Landscape Ecologist and Vertebrate Ecologist – Colorado

Christiansen, Katy: George Mason University Librarian (retired) Eldest daughter of Ted J. Warner – Utah

Clay, Carl: President Hotchkiss-Crawford Historical Society

Claypool, Carol: Artist – Colorado. Author of: Plants that Domínguez and Escalante mention in their Journal.

Claypool, Michael: Naturalist (retired) – Colorado. Author of: Plants that Domínguez and Escalante mention in their Journal.

Clifton, Larry: Plateau Valley Historical Preservation Society – Colorado

Clough, Tom: Massachusetts

Crocker-Bedford, Cole: Ecologist; Owner and Resident of land through which Domínguez and Escalante rode on August 18, 1776 – Colorado

De Beque, Town of. Author of: De Beque / Cowboy Chapel of Prayer; Dinosaur National Monument – Colorado & Utah

Fahring, Ian – Colorado

Fiscus, Daniel: Vice President Rangely Outdoor Museum – Colorado

Freeman, Boni – Hotchkiss-Crawford Historical Society – Colorado

Goldberg, Robert A: Professor Emeritus of History University of Utah – Utah

Gordon, Makayla Executive Director West End Economic Development Corp. – Colorado

Grey, Dan: Colorado

Greubel, Rand: Archeologist – Colorado. Author of: The Ruins referred to in the Journal for August 23, 1776

Hadden, PhD, Glade: Archaeologist, BLM (retired) – Colorado. Author of: Archaeology; How’s the Weather?

Hager, Samantha, Assistant to the Coordinator: Outreach and Digital Repository Librarian, Colorado State Publications Library, Colorado State Library, Colorado Department of Education – Colorado

Handler, Dawn: Colorado
Hardy, Carla: Artist – Colorado
Heller, James – Colorado
Hernández, Alejandro: Special Collections and Archives, Denver Public Library – Colorado

Hernbrode, Janine – Arizona

Herrick, Maura – Massachusetts

Howell, Deb & Sid: Ranchers – Colorado

Hopper, Sally: Sponsor – Colorado
Hunter, Carol: DEEEP Coordinator: Author, Educator, Historian – Colorado Conducted historical/ archeological research on the Crow Reservation, with their support and input, and also other research projects in Wyoming and Colorado. Founder & Director of Partners for Access to the Woods (PAW – national non-profit – 1988-2013) PAW’s purpose was to open public lands to persons of all ages and abilities.

Hunter, Jim: Colorado

Kelley, Anis: Plateau Valley Historical Preservation Society- Founding Partner of DEEEP – (1931-2023) – Colorado
Kessell, John L.: Professor Emeritus of History, University of New Mexico – New Mexico

Kerski, PhD GISP, Joseph: Education Manager, Geographer, Esri – Colorado

Koski, Paul: Co-founder of West End Trails Alliance (WETA) – Colorado
Knoll, M.A., RPS, Michelle: Archeologist – Utah

Leroux, Hunter: Colorado

Le Valley, Hank: Hotchkiss-Crawford Historical Society – Colorado

Lloyd, William Bryce: Landscape Architect/Landscape Ecologist. – Colorado/ Arizona

Loeffler, Robert: Supporter – Colorado 
MacLeod, Debbi: Interim State Librarian for Colorado (retired) – Colorado/California

McMahon, Todd: Archaeologist – Colorado

Maki, Sheila: Hotchkiss-Crawford Historical Society – Colorado

McDaniel, Robert L.: Historian, Author, and Retired Founding Director of Durango’s Animas Museum; Member of the 1975 -1976 Miller Team – Colorado. Author of: Dr. Robert W. Delaney; Mystery of the Navajo Ring Bit

McDonald, Gabby Anstey: Owner, Chair 8 Design Web & Graphic Design Studio (our web designer) – Colorado

McKeever, Bob: Archeologist USFS (retired) – Colorado

Miller, Chris – Colorado

Mumford, Ray T. – Colorado. Author of: Sand Wash Basin Wild Horses

Naslund, Dean: Colorado
Navajo State Park: Colorado
Oglesby, Joe: Hotchkiss-Crawford Historical Society – Colorado

Resnick, Aimee: Intern, History Colorado – Colorado. Author of: Colorado Bicentennial Commission

Rice, Susan: Librarian – Colorado
Richards, Breck: Rancher – Colorado
Riling PG MS, Anna: Owner, Cartographer Four Corners Mapping (our story map designer) – Colorado
Roach, Katie: Program Director of the America 250 – Colorado 150 – History Colorado

Robinson, O.F.M, PhD, Friar Jack Clark: Executive Director, Santa Barbara Mission Archive Library, Santa Barbara, California – California. Author of: Being a Franciscan (for students); Being a Franciscan (for researchers); American Background of U.S. Franciscan History

Rodgers, Jedediah: University of Utah Press – Utah
Ross, Sherri: Librarian – Colorado

Saenz, PhD, Charles Nick: Professor of History at Adams State University – Colorado. Author of: The Domínguez-Escalante Expedition in the Imperial Context; The Dominguez-Escalante Expedition in the Age of Enlightenment; The Domínguez-Escalante Expedition on Native Land

Sanchez, Bernadette: Director (Archivist/Records Manager) Archdiocese of Santa Fe – New Mexico. Author of: Don Bernardo Miera y Pacheco, Spanish Artisan and Cartographer

Scott, Amanda: Librarian – Colorado
Sheriff, Deana, former Director, West End Economic Development Corporation (WEEDC) – Colorado

Southern Ute Indian Tribe Police Department (for directions on the Reservation) – Colorado

Spence, John: Sponsor – Colorado
Suttle, Dianna (Diann): Ute Indian Museum Librarian – Colorado

Tang, PhD, Donna Taxco: Translator, Paleographer – Arizona. Author of: Who was Fray Francisco Garcés?; Diaries, Manuscripts, and Archives; Where is the original Diary of the Expedition?

Thompson, PhD, Gregory C.: Associate Dean of J. Willard Marriott Library, Special Collections, Emeritus – Member of the 1975 – 1976 Miller Team – Utah. Author of: David E. Miller; Following in the steps of Francisco Atanasio Domínguez and Silvestre Velez de Escalante: the Onsite Researchers who Conducted the 1973-76 Bicentennial Re-Survey of the Domínguez and Escalante Journey.

Thompson, Jane: President & Historian, Rimrocker Historical Society at Western Montrose County – Colorado. Author of: Pinon, Colorado.

Torre, Javier Ph.D.: Professor at Department of Spanish Language, Literary and Cultural Studies, University of Denver – Colorado. Author of: Domínguez; Escalante; Andres and Antonio Muñiz

Trout, Luke: Professional archeologist – Colorado.

Tuttle, Regan, Owner and Editor of the San Miguel Forum – Colorado

Urbaniak, Tim: Montana

Vagts, Rachel: Special Collections and Archives, Denver Public Library – Colorado Vega State Park – Colorado

Waller, Richard: Colorado Representative for the Old Spanish Trail. Author of: Old Spanish Trail Main Route Description

Ware, Sherman: Colorado

Warner, Cecelia: President of Shake & Fold and middle daughter of Ted J. Warner – Oregon. Author of: Ted J. Warner, Spanish Borderlander

Weimer, Randy: Rancher – Colorado
Weimer, Zene: Rancher – Colorado

West, PhD, Tom: Research Chemist (retired) – Colorado. Author of: In Search of the Small Settlement Observed by the Domínguez-Escalante Expedition on August 13, 1776

West End Pay It Forward Trust: Sponsor – Colorado

Windes, Tom: New Mexico. Author of: How’s the Weather?

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