John Evans papers
Language: eng
Subjects: Correspondence; Surveys; Indians of North America; Geology; Surveying; Railroads; Discovery and exploration
Description: Journal (circa 200 pages; 1853 July 22-October 1) of a trip from Fort St. Pierre, S.D., to the Salmon River mountains of Idaho via Fort Benton and Fort Owen, including geological and topographical observations and sketches, comments on vegetation, game, weather, encounters with Indians, suitability of the route for railroad construction, and draft of a letter to Isaac I. Stevens, governor of Washington Territory; and letter (1857? April 26) written by Evans to his wife, Sarah Jane (Mills) Evans.
Notes: Open to research.

Microfilm edition available, no. 16,231.

Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1974.

Purchase, 1917.

Geologist, explorer and physician.

Collection material in English.