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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.
Details
- Additional Authors
- 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
- 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.
- Connect to:
- 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