Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, plates
Scope and content
Plates extracted from the three volume United States War Department publication. Plates were drawn by Albert H Campbell, Balduin Möllhausen, Lt. J. C. Tidball and John J. Young and were published by Sarony, Major & Knapp Lith. and T. Sinclair's Lith.. Includes note of Provenance to Mr. Burnett from L.D., dated September 12, 1950, this is Edwin Kenneth. Burnett and Lillian Davis. Plates are marked U.S.P.R.R. for United States Pacific Rail Road Expedition & Surveys, 35th Parallel. Plates include: San Francisco Mountain from Leroux's River, Candian River near camp 38, Valley of La Cuesta Rio Pecos, Bivouac January 26, Camp scene in the Mojave Valley of Rio Colorado, Bivouac January 28, Rio Colorado near the Mojave villages from an island looking north, looking east, looking west north west, Fort Smith Arkansas, Valley of Williams River, Zuni, View of the Black Forest Mount Hope and Sierra Prieta looking southwest from Topographical Hill, A conical hill 500 feet high standing in the valley of Laguna Colorado, Indian alter and ruins of old Zuni.
Dates
- 1856.
Creator
- United States. War Department (Organization)
- Burnett, Edwin Kenneth. (Person)
- Campbell, Albert H. (Albert Henry), 1826-1899. (Person)
- Davis, Lillian. (Person)
- Möllhausen, Balduin, 1825-1905. (Person)
- Tidball, John C. (John Caldwell), 1825-1906. (Person)
- Young, John J., 1830-1879. (Person)
- Huntington Free Library (Former owner, Organization)
Extent
1 folders. (1 folders.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Provenance: Huntington Free Library.
- Bill Williams River (Ariz.).
- Black Forest (Colo.).
- Canadian River.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico).
- Fort Smith (Ark.).
- Indians of North America -- Pictorial works
- Indians of North America -- West (U.S.)
- Mohave Indians.
- Mojave River Valley (Calif.)
- Pacific railroads -- Exploration and surveys.
- Pecos River (N.M. and Tex.)
- West (U.S.) -- Description and travel.
- Zuni (N.M.)
- Zuni Indians.
- Description rules
- Gihc
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
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