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Renaming article to reflect on the historic naming of this expedition

In many contemporary works, especially websites, the name of this expedition has been shortened to Folsom Expedition. However that does not reflect the more inclusive names used in original accounts and probably the most comprehensive modern account published in 1965. In Aubrey L. Haines, The Valley of the Upper Yellowstone--An Exploration of the Headwaters of the Yellowstone River in the Year 1869 (1965), the opening paragraph reads: The Story of the Cook-Folsom-Peterson Exploration ....--Mike Cline (talk) 15:49, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

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