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Profiles in Mojave Desert History -
Lieutenant Joseph Christmas IvesJoseph Christmas Ives (1828–1868), soldier, botanist, explorer of the Colorado River in 1858.
Ives was born in New York City in 1828 and was a graduate of the United States Military Academy in 1852. As a Lieutenant
from 1853 to 1854 he was appointed by the U.S. Army to the Topographical Engineers as assistant to
Lt. A.W. Whipple
in the
Pacific Railroad survey along the 35th parallel.
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