02446cam a22003371 4500 rc 01001840 DLC 20260227111904.0 750723m18551860dcubf 000 0 eng rc 01001840 (OCoLC)1469530 DLC ScU OCoLC ICarbS DLC premarc F593 .U58 United States. War Department. 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] ... Washington, A.O.P. Nicholson, Printer [etc.] 1855-60. 12 v. in 13. plates (part col., part fold.) maps (part fold.) 30 x 24 cm. 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] Supplement to vol. I (the material of which was published also in vol. XII, book I and book II) was issued in at least three forms: Supplement to vol. I, 1859, W.A. Harris, printer, as 35th Cong., 2d sess. Senate ex. doc. 46--Vol. XII, book I-II, 1860, T.H. Ford, printer, as 36th Cong., 1st sess. House ex. doc. 56, and 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, p. 292-293. For further information concerning the publication of the work and a list of serial numbers assigned to the volumes in the Congressional series of documents, see Checklist of United States public documents, 1911, p. 1274-1275. Pacific railroads Explorations and surveys. West (U.S.) Description and travel. United States Discovery and exploration. Natural history West (U.S.) Indians of North America West (U.S.) Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878. Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887. United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. 52191 52191