Prof. Elliott Coues
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Mitchell & Baer, Prescott, Arizona Unknown 1700-1929-0002.jpg PO-1929 B&W 1700-1929-0002 1700-1929-0002 Photo Card Print 5x7 Historic Photographs 1880s Reproduction requires permission. Digital images property of SHM Library & ArchivesDescription
Portrait of U.S. Army doctor, naturalist, historian, and ornithologist (study of birds) Dr. Elliott Ladd Coues (b. 1842 - d. 1899).
Born on September 9, 1842, Elliot Ladd Coues graduated from Columbia College, Washington, D.C. in 1863. On March 30, 1864, he was commissioned an Assistant Surgeon in the U.S. Army (equivalent to First Lieutenant). In August 1864 he arrived at Fort Whipple in Prescott in the new Arizona Territory.
During his military travels and personal trips throughout Arizona, he observed and described numerous birds and other animals, often collecting specimens. He discovered a subspecies of White Tail deer, subsequently named the Coues Deer after him; the Arizona Gray Squirrel, a tree squirrel; and the Cactus Wren, a bird that nested in cacti, specifically the Saguaro cactus.
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