Title: Mission of the North American people, geographical, social, and political.
Authors: Gilpin, William, 1813-1894
Publisher: J.B. Lippincott & Co.,
Year: 1873
Subjects: Pacific railroads; Physical geography United States; United States Description and travel.
Contents: The mountain formation of North America, the Cordilleras, the plateau, the North American Andes -- The Cordillera of the Sierra Madre, the Eastern Cordillera -- The plateau of North America -- The Sierra San Juan -- The South Pass of America -- The Great Basin of the Mississippi -- Pastoral America -- The system of the parcs -- Thermal America -- The North American Mission -- Appx.1 Mexican War -- Appx.2 Speech of Colonel William Gilpin on the subject of the Pacific Railway -- Appx.3 Proceedings of a mass meeting of the citizens of Jackson County -- Appx.4 Pike's Peak and the Sierra San Juan -- Appx.5 Geographical memoranda on the Pacific Railroad -- Appx.6 The hemp-growing region -- Appx.7 An oration to the guests of the Fenian Brotherhood, at Denver, Colo., July 4, 1868