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Report on the Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region

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Title	Report on the Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region
Description	This 19 page report is an abstract describing the operations of the Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region. Organized into two sections according to the field seasons for 1876 and 1877, it lists each field party, its leader, and what it accomplished. Field season 1876 entailed five parties: 1. Triangulation party led by Prof. A. H. Thompson expanding triangulation work begun in preceding years, covering 10,000 square miles in the 1876 season. 2. Topographic party no. 1 led by Mr. Walter H. Graves covering land between Wasatch Mountains on west and the Green and Colorado Rivers on the east. 3. John H. Renshawe led topographic party no. 2 covering southwestern Utah and southeastern Nevada; its perspective profile sketches were created using an orograph, a new type of instrument. Groups 4 and 5 were geological parties led by G. K. Gilbert and Captain C. E. Dutton, with Gilbert covering the Henry Mountains and Dutton studying the igneous rocks in Southern Utah near the Sevier River. All the parties engaged in general ethnographic work such as the classification of Indian tribes. Photography work done by J. K. Hillers. Describes the method of work and the instruments used (theodolite, plane-table, and orograph) as well as the publications written. Season 1877 began at rendezvous camp, Mt. Pleasant. Thompson led a triangulation party which teamed up with the topographic party led by Graves to survey around the Green River and the Book Cliffs area. Renshawe led a second topographic team covering valleys of San Pete, Juab, and Uinta, and the Gunnison Plateau. Field work conducted during this survey appears in the 1878 Map of Utah Territory Representing the Extent of the Irrigable, Timber, and Pasture Lands.
Author	Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902 Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region (U.S.)
Original Date	1877
Publisher of Original	U.S. Government Printing Office
Geographic Locations	Rocky Mountains, Wyoming, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5836950/ Uinta Mountains, Daggett County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5783904/ Wasatch Range, Juab County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5549209/ La Sal Mountains, San Juan County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5546244/
Subject (LCSH)	United States--Surveys Discoveries in geography--American United States--Discovery and exploration West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Time Periods	1870-1879 19th century
Material type (Local)	Reports
Source	J. W. Powell. Report on the Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region. Washington, D.C. : Govt. Print. Office, 1877. Sudocs number: I 17.1:877
Digital History Collection	Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, U.S. Government Documents Collection
USU Call Number	I 17.1:1877
Related item	Map of Utah Territory Representing the Extent of the Irrigable, Timber, and Pasture Lands, available at: http://digital.lib.usu.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/Bear&CISOPTR=71
Cited by	Bear River Watershed Historical Bibliography / compiled by Utah State University Library, Special Collections and Archives, 2005
Digital Publisher	Digitized by : Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library
Date.Digital	2006-09
Type	Text
Format	image/jpeg
Conversion Specifications	Scanned by Utah State University Library using EverSmart Jazz+ CreoScitex scanner, 8-bit RGB (covers) or 8-bit grayscale (text pages), at 400 dpi. Archival file is uncompressed TIFF; display file is JPEG2000. OCR text and display pdf generated using CONTENTdm OCR Extension. If pdf does not display correctly, try switching to a different browser.
Rights	This is a U.S. Government Document which may be used without restrictions.
Holding Institution	Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives
Contributing Institution	Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library
Identifier	I1711877
Image File Name	powellreport
Search Date	1877
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Date created	2017-04-19

Title	Cover Page
Holding Institution	Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives
Identifier	I1711877001_Cover Page.jpg
Transcript	mm 77 ; utah state university 3 9060 01435 7387 report f 77 geographical and geological survey fiqoky mountain eegion j orwell washington go v b r nmbnt printing office 1877 •
Date created	2006-09-05

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