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
Collection: Smith Collection
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
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
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