Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Missisippi River to the Pacific Ocean / made under the direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-4, according to acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854.

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Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Missisippi River to the Pacific Ocean / made under the direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-4, according to acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854.

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Title	Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Missisippi River to the Pacific Ocean / made under the direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-4, according to acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854. Spine title: Explorations & surveys for a railroad route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean; Pacific Railroad Surveys

Creator	United States. War Department

Date	1857 2006-11-20 2005-08-09

Subject	Pacific railroads -- Explorations and surveys; West (U.S.) -- Description and travel; United States -- Exploring expeditions; Natural history -- West (U.S.); Indians of North America -- West (U.S.)

Description	Following is a digital file of the Report of Lieut. Henry L. Abbot, Corps of Topographical Engineers upon Explorations for a Railroad Route from the Sacramento Valley to the Columbia River, made by Lieut. R. S. Williamson, Corps of Topographical Engineers, Assisted by Lieut. Henry L. Abbot, Corps of Topographical Engineers. This book was printed in 1855 and is volume six in the serial titled Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a... GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION. INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT. System adopted in preparing the Report. Notes on maps accompanying the Report. Notes on profiles accompanying the Report. PART I. GENERAL REPORT. PART II. GEOLOGICAL REPORT: No. 1.—Report upon the Geology of the Route. By J. S. Newberry, M.D. No. 2.—Description of the Tertiary Fossils collected on the survey. By T. A. Conrad. No. 3.—Report... September 27,2005 To the Reader: Following is a digital file of the Report of Lieut. Henry L. Abbot, Corps of Topographical Engineers upon Explorations for a Railroad Route from the Sacramento Valley to the Columbia River, made by Lieut. R. S. Williamson, Corps of Topographical Engineers, Assisted by Lieut. Henry L. Abbot, Corps of Topographical Engineers. This book was printed in 1855 and is volume six in the serial titled Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most...

Contributor	United States. Army. Corps of Engineers; Henry, Joseph; Baird, Spencer Fullerton A.O.P.Nicholson, printer

Source	Originally published as: "Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Missisippi River to the Pacific Ocean / made under the direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-4, according to acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854" (Washington, D.C.: B.Tucker, printer, 1855-1860); 30 cm

Publisher	Oregon Institute of Technology. Library

Rights	Digital image copyright 2006. Oregon Institute of Technology. All rights reserved. http://digitallib.oit.edu/cdm/copyright/collection/kwl

Relation	Ex. Doc./ 33rd Congress, 2nd Session. Senate.; No.78; Ex. Doc./ 35th Congress, 2nd Session. Senate; No.4 Digital reproduction of item held by Shaw Historical Library: http://140.211.132.11/search/o?10526736

Format	http://klamathwaterlib.oit.edu/about.php; File Size: 45,756,416 bytes application/xml;

Identifier	SHL-09-AUG-2005-162 Shaw Lib. F593 .U58 1855 v.VI; Shaw Lib. F593 .U58 1855 v.XI http://digitallib.oit.edu/cdm/ref/collection/kwl/id/6739

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Language	en