Title: Report to accompany bill S. no. 246 [of] the Committee on Public Lands, to whom were referred a memorial of sundry citizens of Indiana, praying the construction of a national railroad from the Mississippi to the Columbia River, and the memorial of Asa Whitney, ... for the construction of such road from Lake Michigan to the Pacific Ocean ..
First published: 1846
Subjects: Pacific railroads, Early projects
People: Asa Whitney (1797-1872)