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Pacific Railway Survey

  • John Mix Stanley
    Prairie Public
    In 1853, the U.S. Army's topographic bureau set out to find the best transcontinental passages across the American West and scout routes for a railroad.…
  • Pacific Railroad Survey of 1853
    Prairie Public
    On a hot July morning in 1853, a group of hungry men were navigating the plains of North Dakota. As members of the Pacific Railway Survey, they were…