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



WAR DEPARTMENT. 



REPORT 



OF 



LIEUT. E. G. BECKWITH, 



THIRD ARTILLERY, 



EXPLORATIONS FOR A RAILROAD ROUTE, 



CAPTAIN J. W. GUNNISON, 



CORPS OF TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEERS, 



LIEUT. E. G. BECKWITH, 



THIRD ARTILLERY. 



1854. 

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