PACIFIC WAGON ROADS: LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, TRANSMITTING A REPORT UPON THE SEVERAL WAGON ROADS CONSTRUCTED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT (6 FOLDOUT MAPS); 35th Congress, 2nd Session, Ex. Doc. No. 108
Washington, 1859. Hardcover. Octavo, 9 in. x 5.7 in., pp. 125. Illustrated with six fold-out maps. Green colth boards with gilt title to front. No title to spine. Rubbing to extremities. Light sunning to right side of front board. Unmarked interior. Light age-toning and occasional spotting to maps. Map 1: 22.75 in. x 35.5 in., "El Paso and Fort Yuma Wagon Road." 3 in. closed tear at fold. Map 2: 22.75 in. x 35.5 in. "Map No. 2 of the El Paso and Fort Yuma Wagon Road." 1 in. closed tear at fold. Map 3: 22.75 in. x 35.5 in., "Western Division of the Fort Kearney, South Pass, and Honey Lake Road." 4 in. closed tear at fold. Map 4: 21 in. x 34 in. Central Division of the Fort Ridgley & South Pass Road. Several 1 - 2 in. closed tears at edges on seams. Map 5: Map detached but present. 19 in. x 32.5 in., "Fort Ridgely and South Pass Road". Two 1 in. closed tears at edges on seams. Map 6: 26 in. x 24.5 in. "Map of the Wagon-Road from Platte River Via Omaha Reserve and Dakota City to Running Water River". Three 1 in. closed tears at edges on seams. Not cited in Wheat. (Howes C86) (Wheat 944, 966, 981, 982, 1004). Good Plus and Maps: Very Good. Item #87303
Report form the House of Representatives: 35th Congress, Second Session. Executive Document 108.
Carl Wheat in "Mapping the Transmississippi West, Volume 4" (pp. 150-163), devotes an entire chapter to the Wagon-Road Program detailed in this publication.
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