TY  - GEN
AU  - Evans,John
TI  - John Evans papers,
KW  - Evans, Sarah Jane Mills
KW  - Stevens, Isaac Ingalls,
KW  - Geology
KW  - South Dakota
KW  - Idaho
KW  - Indians of North America
KW  - Montana
KW  - Railroads
KW  - Surveying
KW  - Fort Benton (Mont.)
KW  - Fort Owen (Mont.)
KW  - Fort Pierre (S.D.)
KW  - Discovery and exploration
KW  - Surveys
KW  - Salmon River, Middle Fork (Idaho)
KW  - Explorers
KW  - itoamc
KW  - Geologists
KW  - Physicians
N1  - Open to research; Microfilm edition available; no. 16,231; Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division; Washington, D.C.; Library of Congress Photoduplication Service; 1974
N2  - Journal (circa 200 pages; 1853 July 22-October 1) of a trip from Fort St. Pierre, S.D., to the Salmon River mountains of Idaho via Fort Benton and Fort Owen, including geological and topographical observations and sketches, comments on vegetation, game, weather, encounters with Indians, suitability of the route for railroad construction, and draft of a letter to Isaac I. Stevens, governor of Washington Territory; and letter (1857? April 26) written by Evans to his wife, Sarah Jane (Mills) Evans
ER  -