to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean United States War Department. creator Henry, Joseph 1797-1878 Baird, Spencer Fullerton 1823-1887 United States Army. Corps of Engineers. text dcu Washington A.O.P. Nicholson, Printer [etc.] 1855-60 1855 1860 monographic eng

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12 v. in 13. plates (part col., part fold.) maps (part fold.) 30 x 24 cm. Made under the direction of the secretary of war, in 1853-[6] ... 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.) F593 .U58 rc 01001840 DLC 750723 20260227111904.0 rc 01001840