02446cam a22003371  4500001001300000003000400013005001700017008004100034010001700075035001900092040003300111042001200144050001500156110003600171245022800207260006000435300008000495500023700575500035300812500036401165500023101529650004901760651004101809651004601850650003301896650004201929700003101971700004202002710004702044999001702091rc 01001840 DLC20260227111904.0750723m18551860dcubf         000 0 eng    arc 01001840   a(OCoLC)1469530  aDLCcScUdOCoLCdICarbSdDLC  apremarc00aF593b.U581 aUnited States.bWar Department.10aReports of explorations and surveys,bto ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.cMade under the direction of the secretary of war, in 1853-[6] ...  aWashington,bA.O.P. Nicholson, Printer [etc.]c1855-60.  a12 v. in 13.bplates (part col., part fold.) maps (part fold.)c30 x 24 cm.  aVols. 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]  aSupplement 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]  aThe 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.  aFor 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. 0aPacific railroadsxExplorations and surveys. 0aWest (U.S.)xDescription and travel. 0aUnited StatesxDiscovery and exploration. 0aNatural historyzWest (U.S.) 0aIndians of North AmericazWest (U.S.)1 aHenry, Joseph,d1797-1878.1 aBaird, Spencer Fullerton,d1823-1887.1 aUnited States.bArmy.bCorps of Engineers.  c52191d52191