Image: Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean (1855) (14760859085)

Description: Identifier: reportsofexplora03unit_0 (find matches) Title: Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean Year: 1855 (1850s) Authors: United States. War Dept Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887 United States. Army. Corps of Engineers Subjects: Pacific railroads Discoveries in geography Natural history Indians of North America Publisher: Washington : A.O.P. Nicholson, printer (etc.) Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library Digitizing Sponsor: California State Library Califa/LSTA Grant View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: 9 a. m. we continued our backward march, to a point near the bivouac ofDecember 16. Here we turned more to the right, and, from the prairie valley before men-tioned, found an arroyo leading eastward towards Canon Diablo. Turning from this, we crosseda low lava ridge and entered a grassy meadow. Skirting a forest of cedars and pine, we de-scended the arroyo to a sudden breaking away of the rocks, which produced a fine place for awaterfall, and a short canon below. Water was still standing in pools above, and beneath * This stream was called by Leroux Rio San Francisco, from the mountain near which it takes its rise, and it is thus desig-nated in the report of Captain Sitgreaves. The early Spanish explorers gave it the name of Rio Verde, which is still retainedamong the Mexicans of the present day, and appears upon modern maps. As there is another affluent to the Gila known asthe San Francisco river, it would seem proper, if only to avoid confusion, to preserve the original appellation. Text Appearing After Image: ' Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean (1855) (14760859085)
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Author: United States. War Dept; Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878; Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
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