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by J. H. Simpson (Author)
Title: Report of explorations across the great basin of the Territory of Utah for a direct wagon-route from Camp Floyd to Genoa, in Carson Valley, in 1859.
Author: J H Simpson
Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana
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SourceLibrary: Huntington Library
DocumentID: SABCP03111700
CollectionID: CTRG99-B1821
PublicationDate: 18760101
SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America
Notes: "... [M]ade by authority of the Secretary of War and under instructions from Bvt. Brig. Gen. A.S. Johnston ... ." Appendices include: Geological report, by Henry Engelmann; Paleontological report, by F. B. Meek; Ichthyology, by Theodore Gill; Indians of Utah, by Garland Hurt; Report on the languages of the Indians, by C.R. Collins; and Journal of Mr. Edward Kern of his exploration of Mary's, or Humboldt River, Carson Lake, [etc.] in 1845. "Appendix R: Journeyings of Father Escalante from Santa Fé to Utah Lake ... in 1776 [translated and summarized] by Philip Harry." Errata slip tipped in following p. 6. Includes index.
Collation: 518 p., [25] leaves of plates: ill., maps (some fold.), charts; 31 cm
