36th Congress, 1 
1st Session. j 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 
Ex. Doc. 
No. 56. 
REPORTS 
OF 
EXPLORATIONS AND SURVEYS, 
ASCERTAIN THE MOST PRACTICABLE AND ECONOMICAL ROUTE FOR A RAILROAD 
FROM THE 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 
MADE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR, IN 
1853 - 5 , 
ACCORDING TO ACTS OF CONGRESS OF MARCH 3, 1853, MAY 31, 1854, AND AUGUST 5, 1854. 
VOLUME III. 
BOOK II. 
WASHINGTON: 
THOMAS H. FORD, PRINTER. 
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