. C. Hart Merriam papers : including correspondence, papers relating to career with the United States Biological Survey, 1798-1972 (bulk 1871-1942). United States. Division of Ornithology and Mammalogy; United States. Division of Biological Survey; United States. Biological Survey; United States. Bureau of Biological Survey; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U. S. ); Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899); Bering Sea controversy; Bears; Biogeography; Natural history; Ornithology; Botany; Life zones; Wildlife conservation. UgC. â B.'r >Uj<c_i^_ri tf-aes-f.^ » 'Ann â â¢JBH
. C. Hart Merriam papers : including correspondence, papers relating to career with the United States Biological Survey, 1798-1972 (bulk 1871-1942). United States. Division of Ornithology and Mammalogy; United States. Division of Biological Survey; United States. Biological Survey; United States. Bureau of Biological Survey; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U. S. ); Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899); Bering Sea controversy; Bears; Biogeography; Natural history; Ornithology; Botany; Life zones; Wildlife conservation. UgC. â B.'r >Uj<c_i^_ri tf-aes-f.^ » 'Ann â â¢JBH CIRCULAR No. 1. JUNC, 1911 THE AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK Cmnjscontfnental c^iccurjifon of 1912 All Correspondence regarding the excursion should be addressed to Professor W. M. DAVIS, Director, c/o American Geographical Society, Broadway at 156TH St., New York, U. S. ROUTE OF THE EXCURSION TPHE TRANSCONTINENTAL EXCURSION OF 1912. starting from New York in August and returning in October, will be made in a special train, including sleeping cars, a dining car, and an observation car. The duration of the excursion will be six or seven weeks. The dates of beginning and ending will be determined by later correspondence and by conference with intending partici- pants, delegated by European geographical societies, who may be present at the International Geographical Congress at Rome in October, 1911. The excursion will offer no hardship to persons in good health. The monotony of overland travel by rail for forty or fifty days will be reduced by providing all possible comforts of equipment, by frequent stops for short excursions on foot or otherwise, by occasional nights in hotels, and by abundant discussion of geographical problems. The extreme points included in the proposed route are Seattle (and if possible San Francisco) on the Pacific coast, the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in northern Arizona, and Chattanooga in eastern Tennessee. The route now p
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