Assistant Secretary of the Interior Benjamin R. Cowen—sometimes called “General Cowan” with variable spelling—was tasked by the federal government with assessing conditions in Utah Territory. | Source: “[Gen. Cowan, Assistant Secretary, Interior Department, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right],” between 1870 and 1880. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/resource/cph.3c35584/.Download Original File
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“[Gen. Cowan, Assistant Secretary, Interior Department, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right],” between 1870 and 1880. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/resource/cph.3c35584/.
