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Birds Several
government-sponsored expeditions of the 1840s and 50s had explored
possible routes for a transcontinental railroad, but it was not until
the various expeditions that resulted in the massive,
multi-volume Reports
of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the.... Route for a Railroad
From the Mississippi River to the Pacific
Ocean (USPRR Surveys) that systematic data for such a
project was collected.
With regional interests each contending for a favorable route, the result was a stalemate. In attempt to surmount this problem, Congress authorized four (ultimately five) surveys to determine the most practical route. Each survey leader naturally promoted the virtues of his own survey, and so the Congressional deadlock continued, unresolved until after the Civil War. The route ultimately chosen ran along the 38th parallel from Kansas City to the Pacific as surveyed by John W. Gunnison and (following his death at the hands of the Ute Indians) by Edward G. Beckwith. In all, over 700 paintings and drawings were produced. In his Prints of the West , Ron Tyler estimates that the surveys cost some $455,000 while the publication costs totaled $1,200,000 --not an excessive figure considering that the Pacific Surveys resulted in 295,000 individually bound volumes and 19,560,000 illustrative plates. REPORTS
OF EXPLORATIONS AND SURVEYS, TO ASCERTAIN THE MOST PRACTICABLE AND
ECONOMIC ROUTE FOR A RAILROAD FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE PACIFIC
OCEAN
Vol. I-X: (U.S. Senate, 33rd Cong. 2nd sess. Exec. Doc. 78) Washington: Beverley Tucker, 1855-1859 Vol. XI: (U.S. Senate. 36th Cong., 2nd sess., Exec. Doc. unnumbered) Washington: George W. Bowman, 1861 Vol. XII: (U.S. Senate, 33rd. Cong., 1st sess., Exec. Doc. unnumbered) Washington: Thomas H. Ford, 1860. |
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Size: 8.25 x 11.25
inches
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Name |
Price |
Condition |
 CASS-PR11 |
Western Duck Hawk 47th Parallel |
65.00 |
Excellent + |
 CASS-PR16 |
Grey Hawk (2) CA/OR |
Sold |
Excellent |
 CASS-PR01 |
Red-Bellied Hawk Buteo elegans 32nd Parallel |
Sold |
Excellent |
 CASS-PR09 |
Grebe Podylimbus lineatus CA/OR |
50.00 |
Excellent + |
 CASS-PR30 |
Abert's Finch Pipilo abertii 35th Parallel |
75.00 |
Excellent
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 CASS-PR29 |
Canyon Towhee Pipilo mesoleucus 35th Parallel |
Sold |
Excellent+ |
 CASS-PR04 |
Passerculus alaudinus Peucaria cassinii 32nd Parallel |
65.00 |
Excellent |
 CASS-PR32 |
Skylark Eremophila cornuta 38th/39th/41st Parallel |
65.00 |
Excellent |
| Mottled Grass Plover Actidupus naevius 32nd Parallel |
65.00 |
Excellent |
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 CASS-PR22 |
Chihuahuan Raven Corvus cryptoleucus 32nd Parallel |
45.00 |
Excellent |
 CASS-PR20 |
Colorado Raven Corvus cacalotl 35th Parallel |
Sold |
Excellent |
 CASS-PR36 |
Gila Woodpecker Centurus uropygialis |
75.00 |
Excellent
+ |
 CASS-PR19 |
Costa's Hummingbird Atthis costae 35th Parallel |
Sold |
Excellent |
 CASS-PR33 |
Polioptila plumbea Psaltiparus plumbeus Sitta aculeata Sitta carolinensis 35th Parallel |
50.00 |
Excellent |
 CASS-PR31 |
Tanager Pyranga hepatica CA/OR |
65.00 |
Excellent |
 CASS-PR17
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Western Nighthawk Chordeiles henryi 38th/39th/41st Parallel |
55.00 |
Excellent |
 CASS-PR37 |
Sold |
Excellent
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CASS-PR07 |
Black Turnstone Strepsilas melanocephala CA |
65.00 |
Excellent
+ |
CASS-PR10 |
Brandt's Cormorant Phalacrocorax pencillatus CA |
50.00 |
Very
Good |
 CASS-PR05 |
Ash-Colored Flycatcher Myarchus mexicanus CA |
65.00 |
Excellent+ |
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