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



WAR DEPARTMENT. 



REPORT 



Of 



EXPLORATIONS FOR A RAILROAD ROUTE 



THE 32D PARALLEL OF NORTH LATITUDE, 



LYING BETWEEN 



DONA ANA, ON THE RIO GRANDE, AND PIMAS VILLAGES, ON THE GILA, 



BY 



LIEUTENANT JOHN G. PARKE, 



CORPS OP TOPOGEAPHICAL ENGINEERS. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 

 1855. 



