David Prescott Barrows

[2] He showed a keen interest in the life and customs of Native Americans, and was said to have "spent almost every summer during the period 1890–1899 in research work among the tribes of southern California and in the Colorado Desert.

Even after he returned to the University of California, he continued to serve with the National Guard of the United States until 1937, when he reached the rank of major general.

Through the clear desert air the eye can follow the rugged contours of the range for great distances to the north and eastward.

The winter snow mantle them with white, and the turquoise sky gives a setting for their grey rocks and gleaming caps that is of unrivaled beauty.

"[8] Barrows' post-retirement activity also included public service in various capacities, such as on the Board of Trustees of Mills College, the California State Commission on Rural Credit and Land Colonization, the East Bay Municipal Utility District, and the Board of Trustees of the California College in China Foundation.

[3] On the one hand, he adopted a paternalistic attitude toward non-white peoples, consistent with the "White Man's Burden" paradigm popular at the time.

[3] Barrows held the Coahuilla and other Native Americans in particular high regard; Rupert Costo later said that he was "closer to our hearts than any white man before or since".

[3] Barrows's papers can be found in the Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley; his daughter Ella Hagar further added to the collections.