Edward Cary 



Nevada east and southeast of the 

 Yosemite Valley. 



It was during this trip that they 

 discussed the idea of creating, under 

 the United States Government, a 

 geological and topographical sur- 

 vey, crossing the country from Cali- 

 fornia to the eastern slope of the 

 Rocky Mountains, and making a 

 geological and topographical cross- 

 section of the whole system of the 

 Cordillera of Western America. The 

 winter of 1866-67 King spent at 

 Washington, and succeeded in inter- 

 esting General Humphreys, Chief of 

 Engineers, and the Government offi- 

 cers and members of Congress in his 

 plans to such an extent that the 

 Geological Survey of the Fortieth 

 Parallel was authorized and he was 

 placed in charge, reporting to Gen- 

 eral Humphreys. The work was be- 

 gun in 1867 and completed in 1872, 

 and several years were spent in the 

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