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Report of explorations across the great basin of the Territory of Utah for a direct wagon-route from Camp Floyd to Genoa, in Carson Valley, in 1859

Title
Report of explorations across the great basin of the Territory of Utah for a direct wagon-route from Camp Floyd to Genoa, in Carson Valley, in 1859 [electronic resource] / by J.H. Simpson.
Author
Simpson, J. H. (James Hervey), 1813-1883.
Publication
Washington [D.C.] : G. P. O., 1876.

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Additional Authors
  • Johnston, Albert Sidney, 1803-1862.
  • Engelmann, Henry.
  • Meek, F. B. (Fielding Bradford), 1817-1876.
  • Gill, Theodore, 1837-1914.
  • Hurt, Garland.
  • Kern, Edward Meyer, 1823-1863.
  • Collins, C. R.
  • United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Description
518 p., [25] leaves of plates : ill., maps (some fold.), charts; 31 cm.
Alternative Title
  • Engineer Department, U.S. Army
  • Explorations across the Great Basin of Utah
Subject
  • Vélez de Escalante, Silvestre, -1792 > Travel
  • Geology > Utah
  • Natural history > Utah
  • Utah > Description and travel
  • Utah > Surveys
  • United States > Discovery and exploration
Note
  • "... [M]ade by authority of the Secretary of War and under instructions from Bvt. Brig. Gen. A.S. Johnston ... ."
  • Appendices include: Geological report, by Henry Engelmann; Paleontological report, by F. B. Meek; Ichthyology, by Theodore Gill; Indians of Utah, by Garland Hurt; Report on the languages of the Indians, by C.R. Collins; and Journal of Mr. Edward Kern of his exploration of Mary's, or Humboldt River, Carson Lake, [etc.] in 1845.
  • "Appendix R: Journeyings of Father Escalante from Santa Fé to Utah Lake ... in 1776 [translated and summarized] by Philip Harry."
  • Errata slip tipped in following p. 6.
  • Includes index.
  • Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
  • Sabin no. 81355.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Indexed In (note)
  • RLIN
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
CTRG99-B1821
Author
Simpson, J. H. (James Hervey), 1813-1883.
Title
Report of explorations across the great basin of the Territory of Utah for a direct wagon-route from Camp Floyd to Genoa, in Carson Valley, in 1859 [electronic resource] / by J.H. Simpson.
Imprint
Washington [D.C.] : G. P. O., 1876.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Indexed In:
RLIN, CTRG99-B1821
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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Full text online available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Johnston, Albert Sidney, 1803-1862.
Engelmann, Henry.
Meek, F. B. (Fielding Bradford), 1817-1876.
Gill, Theodore, 1837-1914.
Hurt, Garland.
Kern, Edward Meyer, 1823-1863.
Collins, C. R.
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Running Title
Explorations across the Great Basin of Utah
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