EXPLORATIONS AND SURVEYS FOR A RAILROAD ROUTE PROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN . 



WAR DEPARTMENT. 



REPORT 



EXPLORATIONS FOE A RAILWAY ROUTE 



(NEAE THE THIRTY-FIFTH PARALLEL OF NORTH LATITUDE,) 



THE MISSISSIPPI RIYER TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 



LIEUTENANT A. W. WHIPPLE, 



CORPS OP TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEERS; 



ASSISTED BY 



LIEUTENANT J. 0. IVES, 



CORPS OF TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEERS. 



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