Report on the geology of the route
Subtitle: route near the thirty-fifth parallel, explored by Lieut. A. W. Whipple, topographical engineers, in 1853 and 1854
Contributors: Whipple, Amiel Weeks, 1817?-1863; Blake, William P. 1826-1910.; Marcou, Jules, 1824-1898.; Hall, James, 1811-1898.; Möllhausen, Baldwin, 1825-1905; United States. War Dept.
Publisher: [War Department]
Published: 1856
Place of publication: Washington, D. C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
Subjects: Pacific railroads -- Explorations and surveys; Geology -- West (U.S.); Fossils -- West (U.S.)
Other titles: Explorations and surveys for a railroad route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean; Route near the thirty-fifth parallel, explored by Lieut. A. W. Whipple, topographical engineers, in 1853 and 1854
Notes: With: Report upon the Indian tribes / A.W. Whipple. Washington, D.C. : [War Department], 1855.

Extracted from: vol. 3, pt. 4 of: Reports of explorations and surveys to 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 1853-4

Resumé "reprinted from the preliminary or first report of Lieutenant Whipple, ... Chap. VI, p. 40. (Reports of Pacific Railroad Surveys, House Doc. 129: Washington, 1855.)"--p. [165]

Catalogue of the geological collection, p. [117]-119

Resumé and field notes written in French and translated by William P. Blake appear in double columns side by side

Illustrations "drawn by H. B. Möllhausen, artist to the expedition."--p.[5] of Report upon the Indian tribes by A.W. Whipple

Survey covers: Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California along the 35th parallel

Includes errata

Special Collection copy part of: Ferdinand Bach Collection of Native American Materials

At head of title: Explorations and surveys for a railroad route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean
Table of contents: No. 1.  General report upon the geological collections / by William P. Blake; No. 2 Resumé and field notes / by Jules Marcou