The Hyde Exploring Expedition, sponsored by brothers Talbot and Fred Hyde Jr., who were grandsons and heirs of Babbitt Hyde and heirs to the

Benjamin T. Babbitt Benjamin Talbot Babbitt (May 1, 1809 – October 20, 1889) was a self-made American businessman and invention, inventor who amassed a fortune in the soap industry, manufacturing ''Babbitt's Best Soap''. Early life Benjamin Babbitt was born in We ...

Bab-O soap company fortune, and directed by Dr. George H. Pepper, conducted excavations in

Chaco Canyon Chaco Culture National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park in the American Southwest hosting a large concentration of pre-Columbian indigenous ruins of pueblos. The park is located in northwestern New Mexico, betwee ...

from 1896 to 1901, when accusations of impropriety levied by

Edgar L. Hewett Edgar Lee Hewett (November 23, 1865 – December 31, 1946) was an American archaeologist and anthropologist whose focus was the Native American communities of New Mexico and the southwestern United States. He is best known for his role in gain ...

put an end to their archeological surveys. A subsequent investigation by Steven Holsinger of the

United States General Land Office The General Land Office (GLO) was an Independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the United States government responsible for Public domain (land), public domain lands in the United States. It was created in 1812 ...

vindicated the Hydes and their partner,

Richard Wetherill Richard Wetherill (1858–1910), a member of a Colorado ranching family, was an amateur archaeologist who discovered, researched and excavated sites associated with the Ancient Pueblo People. He is credited with the rediscovery of Cliff Pal ...

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