Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-01-31

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s;gnad bi,n Tboy iollow.d Iina or ,,av,l
near Tho Cor,v.six,b narallel 10 Fort Union.
IN ,he Misson,i riv.,-75o niles ives, Of The
Miss;ss;nn; Tba oanayal character of ,he
nonn,rr along his nort or Inc rou,e. is level
onsn n,,;,io wiih q sufficien, supply of Tim.
har orcr,,inG /, oyoves and he river bo,
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- MIL d., Vouov naa,1v uest
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,ha vissonri md ohon, one hundred mile,
Wv, - ,La poonu Nt,mn,o;ns THO d;s,anc,
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r,nn, n. Miss;.s;nni IN For, Ren,on bv ,hi,
ron,e. is eleven hundred and twenty five
miles, The river is noyipable 10 this poin,
ne was nroyed Nv The Governor despa,chin!
l,roe keel boo, in Sen,ember from For
Ren,on 10 s, Joseph. under charge Of Lieu,
IS,y,on. which oot ,b,onob without difficulty
The ValIev oc MILK River is very broad ant
dens.lv ,inbeyed. .r ..
From For, Ben,on. The main division o
The Surveying Pnry crossed the Rock,
Maintains ,btouch Codouo's Pass, the re
1907, The elevation nc ,his mass is Gflee,
hundred feet Toner Than ,Le Snulh Pass
The la,itI,de Of Cndoue's Pass is Al degrees
30 minutes. II is even now uoversabIe b,
wagons. The pauy had one wagon viii
them on this oau Of the route. having LEI
their ,oin s, Far, Benton. They crossed
,be muun,aios be,ween the middle and III,
end of September, and saw no snow. Tn,
distance Of Cadole's Pass from the Mssis
sirpi, is Twelve hundred and twenty-five
miles; and from Olympia, on Puget's Sount
about seven hundred miles.
Al Fdr Benton. Governor Stevens wa
met by The Surveying Parry under Maja
! McCIelland, from Pugel's Sound, which ha
! explored ,ha, part OF The rouia from III
i mountains 10 the sea. The report o
Mujor McCelIand, gives favorable accoun
Of lhe country ives. OF the mountains 10
the location of the railroad. The dis
lance viii be abom seven hundred miles
and the route recommended is neurIy direc
from the pass 10 Olympia. This par. OF III
line, however, will be much more difficu
than that east Of The mountains. Ii wi
cross The north forks Of lIie Columbia. an
must traverse a rough, but not lmpracIlcabI
district.
The official reports on The northern rouI
from Major Stevens and McClelland, may b
expected by the middle Of February. Tha
, will establish me perfect feasibility OF hi
, route, and prove il TO possess important &c
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