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Reports of Explorations and Survey
to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from
the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.
In the United States Senate
February 24, 1855
Resolved, That there be printed, for the use of the Senate, ten thousand
copies of the several reports of surveys for a railroad to the Pacific,
made under the direction of the Secretary of War; and also of the report
of F. W. Lander, civil engineer,
of a survey of a railroad route from Puget's Sound, by Fort Hall and the
Great Salt lake, to the Mississippi river; and the report of John C.
Fremont, of a route for a railroad from the head-waters of the Arkansas
river into the State of California; together with the maps and plates
accompanying said reports, necessary to illustrate the same; and that
five hundred copies be printed for the use of the Secretary of War, and
fifty copies for each of the commanding officers engaged in said service.
Volumes 1-10 and 12 of this set of reports, printed by A.O.P.Nicholson
between 1855 and 1860, have been digitized by the University of Michigan
Library. Maps related to these explorations and
reports have been digitized by the Library of Congress.
| Volume Number |
Title of Report or Section
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Volume I
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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.
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Supplement.
Report of Explorations for a Route for the Pacific Railroad, near the
Forty-Seventh and Forty-Ninth Parallels of North Latitude from St. Paul to
Puget Sound by I. I Stevens. |
Volume II
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Report, by
Lieutenant E. G. Beckwith, Third Artillery, upon the Route near the
Thirty-Eighth and Thirty-Ninth Parallels, Explored by Captain J. W.
Gunnison, Corps Topographical Engineers. |
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Report of
Lieutenant E. G. Beckwith, Third Artillery, upon the Route near the
Forty-First Parallel. |
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Report of a
Reconnaissance from Puget Sound, via South Pass, to the Mississippi River,
by F. W. Lander, Civil Engineer. |
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Report of Brevet
Captain John Pope, Corps Topographical Engineers, upon the Portion of the
Route near the Thirty-Second Parallel, Lying between the Red River and the
Rio Grande. |
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Report on the
Geology of the Route near the Thirty-Second Parallel: Prepared from the
Collection and Notes of Capt. Pope, by William P. Blake, Geologist of the
Office of the United States Pacific Railroad Surveys. |
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Report of
Lieutenant John G. Parke, Corps Topographical Engineers, upon the Portion
of the Route near the Thirty-Second Parallel, Lying Between the Rio Grande
and Pimas Village, on the Gila. |
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Extract from
Report of a Military Reconnaissance Made by Lieutenant Colonel W. H.
Emory, U. S. Army, of the Portion of the Route near the Thirty-Second
Parallel, Lying Between the Mouths of the San Pedro and Gila
Rivers. |
Volume III
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Extracts from the
[Preliminary] Report of Lieutenant A. W. Whipple, Corps of Topographical
Engineers, upon the Route near the Thirty-Fifth Parallel, with an
Explanatory Note by Captain A. A. Humphreys, Corps of Topographical
Engineers. |
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Part 1. Report.
Explorations for a Railway Route, near the Thirty-Fifth Parallel of North
Latitude, from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean: By Lieutenant
A. W. Whipple, Corps Of Topographical Engineers Assisted by Lieutenant J.
C. Ives, Corps of Topographicatl Engineers. |
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Part 2. Report
of the Topographical Features and Character of the Country. |
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Part 3. Route
near the Thirty-Fifth Parallel, under the Command of Lieut. A. W. Whipple,
Topographical Engineers, in 1853 and 1854. Report upon the Indian Tribes,
by Lieut. A. W. Whipple, Thomas Ewbank, Esq., and Prof. Wm. W.
Turner. |
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Part 4. Route
near the Thirty-Fifth Parallel, Explored By Lieut. A. W. Whipple,
Topographical Engineers, in 1853 and 1854. Report on the Geology of the
Route. |
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Part 5. Route
near the Thirty-Fifth Parallel, Explored by Lieutenant A. W. Whipple,
Topographical Engineers, in 1853 and 1854. Report on the Botany of the
Expedition. |
Volume IV
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Part 6. Route
near the Thirty-Fifth Parallel of North Latitude, Explored by Lieut. A. W.
Whipple, Topographical Engineers. Report of the Zoology of the
Expedition. |
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Appendices to
Report by Lieut. A. W. Whipple. |
Volume V
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Part 1. Report.
Explorations In California for Railroad Routes, to Connect with the Routes
near the 35th and 32nd Parallels of North Latitude by Lieutenant R. S.
Williamson, Corps of Topographical Engineers. |
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Part 2. Routes in
California, to Connect with the Routes near the Thirty-Fifth and
Thirty-Second Parallels, Explored by Lieutenant R. S. Williamson, Corps
of
Topographical Engineers, in 1853. Geological Report, by William P. Blake,
Geologist and Mineralogist of the Expedition. |
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Part 3. Routes in
California, to Connect with the Routes near the Thirty-Fifth and
Thirty-Second Parallels, Explored by Lieut. R. S. Williamson, Corps of
Topographical Engineers, in 1853. Botanical Report, by E. Durand and T.
C. Hilgard, M. D. |
Volume VI
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Part 1. Report of
Lieut. Henry L. Abbot, Corps of Topographical Engineers upon Explorations
for a Railroad Route, the Sacramento Valley to the Columbia River, Made by
Lieut. R. S. Williamson, Corps of Topographical Engineers, Assisted by
Lieut. Henry L. Abbot, Corps of Topographical Engineers. |
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Part 2. Routes in
California and Oregon Explored by Lieut. R. S. Williamson, Corps of
Topographical Engineers, and Lieut. Henry L. Abbot, Corps of Topographical
Engineers, in 1855. Geological Report. |
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Part 3. Routes in
California and Oregon Explored by Lieut. R. S Williamson, Corps of
Topographical Engineers, and Lieut. Henry L. Abbot, Corps of Topographical
Engineers, in 1855. Botanical Report. |
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Part 4. Routes in
California and Oregon Explored by Lieut. R. S. Williamson, Corps of
Topographical Engineers, and Lieut. Henry L. Abbot, Corps of Topographical
Engineers, in 1855. Zoological Report. |
Volume VII
(Top)
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Part 1. Report of
Explorations for Railroad Routes San Francisco Bay to Los Angeles, West of
the Coast Range, and from the Pimas Villages on the Gila to the Rio
Grande, near the 32d Parallel of North Latitude, Lieutenant John G. Parke,
Corps of Topographical Engineers, Assisted by Albert H. Campbell, Civil
Engineer. |
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Part 2. Report of
Explorations for Railroad Routes San Francisco Bay to Los Angeles, West of
the Coast Range, and from the Pimas Villages on the Gila to the Rio
Grande, near the 32d Parallel of North Latitude, Lieutenant John G. Parke,
Corps of Topographical Engineers. Geological Report, by Thomas Antisell,
M. D., Geologist of the Expedition. |
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Part 3. Report of
Explorations for Railroad Routes San Francisco Bay to Los Angeles, West of
the Coast Range, and from the Pimas Villages on the Gila to the Rio
Grande, near the 32d Parallel of North Latitude, Lieutenant John G. Parke,
Corps of Topographical Engineers. Botanical Report: John Torrey,
M.D. |
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Report of
Explorations for Railroad Routes San Francisco Bay to Los Angeles, West of
the Coast Range, and from the Pimas Villages on the Gila to the Rio
Grande, near the 32d Parallel of North Latitude, Lieutenant John G. Parke,
Corps of Topographical Engineers. Appendices. |
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Conclusion of the
Official Review of the Reports upon the Explorations and Surveys for
Railroad Routes from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. |
Volume VIII
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Part 1. General
Report upon the Zoology of the Several Pacific Railroad Routes. |
Volume IX
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Part 2. General
Report Upon the Zoology of the Several Pacific Railroad Routes. Birds: by
Spencer F. Baird. |
Volume X
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Part 3. General
Report upon the Zoology of the Several Pacific Railroad Routes. Reptiles:
by Spencer F. Baird. |
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Part 4. General
Report upon the Zoology of the Several Pacific Railroad Routes. Fishes: by
Charles Girard, M. D. |
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Report of Lieut.
E. G. Beckwith, Third Artillery, upon Explorations for a Railroad Route,
near the 38th and 39th Parallels of North Latitude, by Captain J. W.
Gunnison, Corps of Topographical Engineers, and near the Forty-First
Parallel of North Latitude, by Lieut. E. G. Beckwith, Third Artillery.
Zoological Report. |
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Part 6. Report of
Exploration for a Railway Route (near the thirty-fifth Parallel of North
Latitude) from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, by Lieutenant
A. W. Whipple, Corps of Topographical Engineers; assissted by Lieutent
J.C. Ives, Corps of Topographical Engineers. Zoological Report. |
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Report of
Explorations for a Railroad Route near the 32d Parallel of North Latitude,
Lying between Dona Ana, on the Rio Grande, and Pimas Villages, on the
Gila, by Lieutenant John G. Parke, Corps of
Topographical Engineers. Zoological Report. |
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Part 4 Report of
Explorations in California for Railroad Routes to Connect with the Routes
near the 35th and 32nd Parallels of North Latitude. By Lieutenant R. S.
Williamson, Corps of Topographical
Engineers. Zoological Report. |
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Part 4 no. 4
Report of Lieut. Henry L. Abbot, Corps of Topographical Engineers, upon
Explorations for a Railroad Route, from the Sacramento Valley to the
Columbia River, Made by Lieut. R. S. Williamson, Corps of Topographical
Engineers, Assisted by Lieut. Henry L. Abbot, Corps of Topographical
Engineers. Zoological Report. |
Volume XII
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Part 1. Narrative
Final Report of Explorations for a Route for a Pacific Railroad, near the
Forty-Seventh and Forty-Ninth Parallels of North Latitude, St. Paul to
Puget Sound. Isaac I. Stevens, Governor of Washington Territory. |
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Part 2. Route
near the Forty-Seventh and Forty-Ninth Parallels, Explored by I. I.
Stevens, Governor of Washington. Botanical Report. |
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Part 3. Route
near the Forty-Seventh and Forty-Ninth Parallels, Explored by I. I.
Stevens, Governor of Washington. Zoological Report. |
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