Name: Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made under the direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-[6] . Vol. 3

Barcode: 13946

Image Number: 13946

Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/13946.0001

Alternative Title: Pacific Railroad Surveys

Author: United States. War Department

Publisher: United States. War Department

Date Produced: 1855

Date Published: 1855

Language: English

Physical Description: 11 volumes: plates (part colored, part folded) maps (part folded)

Notes: Volume 3. Vols. I-XI were issued in the Congressional series of U.S. public documents as 33d Cong., 2d sess. House ex. doc. 91, and also as Senate ex. doc. 78. Vol. XI was issued also (1861) as 36th Cong., 2d sess. Senate ex. doc. [no number] The reports of the Pacific railroad surveys were prepared under the direct supervision of the Engineer department. The volumes dealing with the soil, climate, geology, botany and zoology of the regions surveyed were edited and revised by Professors Henry and Baird, of the Smithsonian institution. cf. Ingersoll, Hist. of the War department, 1879.

Subjects: CaliforniaGeologyIndigenous peopleNorth American IndiansOregonWestward expansion