Exploration and survey of the valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah
Subtitle: including a reconnoissance of a new route through the Rocky Mountains.
By: By Howard Stansbury, captain, Corps Topographical Engineers, U.S. Army. Printed by order of House of Representatives of the United States.
Contributors: Stansbury, Howard.; Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887.; Girard, Charles Frédéric, 1822-1895.; Haldeman, Samuel Stehman, 1812-1880.; Torrey, John, 1796-1873.; Hall, James, 1811-1898.
Series: [United States 32d Cong.] Special sess., March 1851. Senate. Ex. [doc.] -- no. 3.; Senate executive document (United States. Congress (32nd, Special session : 1851). Senate) -- 32nd Congress, Special session, no. 3.
Publisher: R. Armstrong, Public Printer
Published: 1853
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 495
Subjects: Natural history -- Utah.; Great Salt Lake (Utah); West (U.S.) -- Description and travel.; United States -- Discovery and exploration.
Notes: Includes index.

Published also London and Philadelphia, 1852, under title: An expedition to the valley of the Great salt lake of Utah ...

"Appendix C. Zoology. Quadrupeds and birds, by Prof. Spencer F. Baird. Reptiles, by Prof. Baird and Chas. Girard. Insects, by Prof. Haldeman": p. [305]-379.

"Appendix D. Botany. Catalogue of plants collected by the expedition. By Prof. John Torrey": p. [381]-397.

"Appendix E. Letter from Professor James Hall ... containing observations on the geology and palæontology of the country traversed by the expedition": p. [399]-414.

Report submitted to the U.S. Bureau of Topographical Engineers.

Fred O. McMillan Collection.