Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.

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Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. 1853-5. Volume XII. Book II.

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U.S. Government Publication

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Robert Metzeroth, John H. Richard

Printer:

Thomas H. Ford

Place of Printing:

Washington, D.C.

Date of Printing:

1860

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Author and Commentators

Isaac Ingalls Stevens (1818-1862). Army engineer, Brigadier General in the Union Army in the Civil War, U.S. Congressman, first Governor of the Washington Territory.

The Book

This book covers exploration and surveys of a railroad near the forty-seventh and forty-ninth parallels from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean 1853 through 1855 by Isaac I. Stevens, Governor of Washington Territory. 6 lithographed botanical plates; 2 lithographed insect plates; 6 lithographed mammal plates; 8 colored lithographic plates of birds; 11 lithographed plates of reptiles; 20 lithographed plates of fishes.

Contents

• Report Upon Botany of the Route.
• Catalogue of Plants Collected East of the Rocky Mountains.
• Catalogue of Plants Collected in Washington Territory.
• Report Upon Insects Collected on the Survey.
• Report Upon Mammals Collected on the Survey.
• Report Upon Birds Collected on the Survey.
• Report Upon Fishes Collected on the Survey.
• Report Upon Mollusca Collected on the Survey.
• Report Upon Crustacea Collected on the Survey.

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