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General profile from Fort Smith, Arkansas, to Martinez, near San Francisco, California, to accompany the maps of Explorations and Surveys made under the direction of Hon. Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War by Lieut. A.W. Whipple, Topl. engrs., assisted by Lieut. J.C. Ives, Topl. Engr., A.H. Campbell, civil engr. & surveyor, Wm. White, Jr., N.H. Hilton, J.P. Sherburne, asst. surveyors. 1853-4. Route near the 35th Parallel. (1861)
who: Whipple, A.W.; Ives, J.C.; Campbell, A. H. (Albert H.); A.O.P. Nicholson I-XI; T. Ford XII.; White, William Jr.; Hutton, N.H.; Sherburne, J.P.; Warren, G.K.; Pacific Railroad Survey what: Railroad; Exploration Book; Book Map when: 1861 where: U.S. West

Profiles, 1 Ft. Bridger-Ft. Reading, 2 Westport-Sevier River.

Profiles from Explorations and Surveys made under the direction of the Hon. Jefferson Davis Secretary of War. No. 1 Route near the 41st parallel; from Ft. Bridger to Ft. Reading by Capt. E.G. Beckwith, 3d. Artillery. No. 2 Route near the 38th & 39th parallel; from Westport to Sevier River by Capt. G.W. (i.e. J.W.) Gunnison, Topl. Engrs., assisted by Capt. E.G. Beckwith, 3d. Artillery. Profile made under the supervision of E.G. Beckwith, 3d. Art. 1855. (1861)
who: Beckwith, E.G.; Gunnison, J.W.; A.O.P. Nicholson I-XI; T. Ford XII.; Warren, G.K.; Pacific Railroad Survey what: Railroad; Exploration Book; Book Map when: 1861 where: U.S. West

Profiles San Francisco Bay-Los Angeles & Pimas Villages-Ft. Fillmore.

Profiles from San Francisco Bay to Los Angeles, Cala. and from the Pimas Villages to Fort Fillmore from Explorations and Surveys made under the direction of The Hon. Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War by Lieut. John G. Parke, Topl. Engrs., assisted by Albert H. Campbell, Civil Engineer and N.H. Hutton, H. Custer and G.G. Garner, assts. 1854 & 55. Explorations and Surveys for a Rail Road Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. War Department. Route near the 32d parallel & coast route, Cala.
who: Parke, John G.; A.O.P. Nicholson I-XI; T. Ford XII.; Campbell, A. H. (Albert H.); Hutton, N.H.; Custer, H.; Garner, G.G.; Poole, Charles H.; Warren, G.K.; Pacific Railroad Survey what: Railroad; Exploration Book; Book Map when: 1861 where: U.S. West; California

Profiles of the main routes surveyed, compiled in 1855, by Lieutenants G.K. Warren & H.L. Abbot, Corps Topl. Engineers; with revisions and additional compilations from the results of subsequent examinations and surveys. Prepared in the Office of Pacific Rail Road Explorations and Surveys. Captain A.A. Humphreys, Corps Topl. Engineers, in charge, by direction of Hon. Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War. 1856. Explorations and Surveys for the Rail Road Routes from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, War Department. (with) Profiles of rail roads constructed across the Alleghany mountains.
who: Warren, Gouverneur Kemble, 1830-1882; Abbot, Henry L.; Humphreys, A.A.; A.O.P. Nicholson I-XI; T. Ford XII.; Warren, G.K.; Pacific Railroad Survey what: Railroad; Exploration Book; Book Map when: 1861 where: United States; U.S. West; U.S. North East

(Text Page to) The Yellowstone National Park via Northern Pacific Railway. Northern Pacific, Yellowstone Park Line. Puget Sound and Alaska. (inset) Northern Pacific Railway and connections. Poole Bros., Chicago. (inset of steamship routes to southeastern Alaska from Puget Sound)
who: Northern Pacific Railway Company; Poole Bros. what: Railroad; Shipping; Timetable Map; Text Page; Book Map when: 1898 where: Wyoming; Alaska; British Columbia; U.S. West; Yellowstone National Park

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