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Army Engineers in the Trans-Mississippi West, 1819-1879

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Cover

The cover illustration is from a watercolor entitled "Carson Lake from the east, Sierra Nevada in the distance," by J.J. Young. The painting is based on a sketch by H.V.A. von Beckh, who accompanied Captain James H. Simpson's 1859 expedition into the Great Basin. National Archives.

Foreword

The Author

Preface

Introduction

Chapter I. ACROSS THE FATHER OF WATERS

Chapter II. FRÉMONT AND THE SCREAMING EAGLE

Chapter III. THE MEXICAN WAR RECONNAISSANCE, 1845-1848

Chapter IV. THE BOUNDARY SURVEYS

Chapter V. THE SOUTHWESTERN RECONNAISSANCE, 1848-1860

Chapter VI. THE PACIFIC RAILROAD SURVEYS

Chapter VII. THE NORTHERN FRONTIER, 1855-1860

Chapter VIII. THE GREAT SURVEYS AND THE END OF AN ERA

Note on Sources

Index (omitted from the online edition)



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