Download or read book Official Explorations for Pacific Railroads written by George Leslie Albright and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Official Explorations for Paci c Railroads 1853 1855 Classic Reprint written by George Leslie Albright and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-16 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Official Explorations for Pacific Railroads, 1853-1855 An episode in the development of the trans-mississippi West to which but scant attention has been given in any history is the Pacific railroad survey of 1853 - 1855. This great reconnais sance deserves attention as the first attempt of the government at a comprehensive, systematic examination of the vast region lying between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean. It is not intended to minimize in any way the labors of the fur-traders, the travelers, and the earlier government explorers, of whom Emory, Stansbury, and Sitgreaves must stand side by side with Fremont. Through their efforts there existed a good general knowledge of the West; but when it was proposed to locate a transcontinental railroad, the dearth of accurate scientific infor mation was well recognized. All preexisting knowledge was brought to bear upon a few routes which were advocated in definite plans. For that reason I have seen fit to discuss rather fully the different plans in order to show their intimate connec tion with the railroad explorations. My study has been based almost entirely upon the government documents, and an attempt has been made to study every document bearing upon the subject. The orthography of place names is usually that of the documents. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Official Explorations for Pacific Railroads written by George Leslie Albright and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Congress and business desired transcontinental routes to the Pacific coast to facilitate access to the opulent commerce of the Far East. Albright described the three main routes: extreme north, central, and extreme south and their explorers.
Download or read book Official Explorations for Pacific Railroads written by George Leslie Albricht and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Official Explorations for Pacific Railroads written by George Leslie Albright and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Congress and business desired transcontinental routes to the Pacific coast to facilitate access to the opulent commerce of the Far East. Albright described the three main routes: extreme north, central, and extreme south and their explorers.
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Download or read book Pacific Railway Surveys 1853 1855 written by and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pacific Railway surveys were undertaken at the direction of Congress to determine the best route for the first transcontinental railway. Army expeditions led by the Corps of Topographical Engineers and staffed with natural scientists, artists, and collectors began the surveys in 1853. Exploring parties moved along the four most popular proposed routes, ranging from the northernmost line, running from St. paul to Puget Sound, to the southermost, running through Texas and the Gadsden Purchase to San Diego. The reports from these expeditions funneled back to the Office of Pacific Railroad Explorations and Surveys in Washington, which compiled and evaluated data on the various factors affecting railway construction--geology, topography, and the availability of natural resources such as water, timber, stone, and coal. In 1855 the expeditions were complete. Each team's field reports, including narrative descriptions, hundred of maps, and thousands of illustrations, were organized along with the Survey Office's assessments into a massive 8,500-page series and presented to Congress. The reports of explorations and surveys, originally published in the Congressional serial set, is one of the great documents on nineteenth-century scientific endeavor and the exploration of the West. Its impact on American science was pervasive and enduring. The work of the topographical engineers at last enabled the creation of a map documenting the basic contours of the vast American West. Naturalists, geologists, and mineralogists brought back specimens and illustrations of a vast array of new organisms and phenomena. Encounters between surveying teams and then little-known Indian tribes resulted in some of the first ethnological records of these peoples. In addition to the surveys' value to historians of science, they are prime examples of the interaction between federal politics and science in the nineteenth century, demonstrating the government's determination to harness science in the service of national expansion, defense, and economic growth. As the historian William H. Goetzman writes: "The Pacific Railways surveys were an American encyclopedia of western experience. They included an immense amount of knowledge, took note of countless phenomena, and brought back specimens that made the Smithsonian one of the world's great museums. They represented, on an elevated level, the enthusiasm of an age which was just opening out onto the world and its natural mysteries, one in which every known phenomenon was being collected so that civilization could digest and account for them all." (p. 336).
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Download or read book Official Explorations for Pacific Railroads written by Albright George Leslie 1893-1916 and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Download or read book Plans and Official Explorations for Pacific Railroads written by George Leslie Albright and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report Upon the Progress of the Pacific Railroad Explorations and Surveys November 1855 written by A. A. Humphreys (Capt) and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Encyclopedia of North American Railroads written by William D Middleton and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2007-04-06 with total page 1295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lavishly illustrated and a joy to read, this authoritative reference work on the North American continent's railroads covers the U.S., Canadian, Mexican, Central American, and Cuban systems. The encyclopedia's over-arching theme is the evolution of the railroad industry and the historical impact of its progress on the North American continent. This thoroughly researched work examines the various aspects of the industry's development: technology, operations, cultural impact, the evolution of public policy regarding the industry, and the structural functioning of modern railroads. More than 500 alphabetical entries cover a myriad of subjects, including numerous entries profiling the principal companies, suppliers, manufacturers, and individuals influencing the history of the rails. Extensive appendices provide data regarding weight, fuel, statistical trends, and more, as well as a list of 130 vital railroad books. Railfans will treasure this indispensable work.
