. Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean . 0 5 97. 1 30035302002507525121210101515502030103020101218401012604020121030501580206040401030815453036 Banks 30 feet high Banks 10 or 12 feet above low Banks 30 feet high. Bluffs Well built wooden bridge Banks low. Banks 25 feet above water _. Banks low Banks low Banks low Banks low Banks low .. Banks low Ba
. Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean . 0 5 97. 1 30035302002507525121210101515502030103020101218401012604020121030501580206040401030815453036 Banks 30 feet high Banks 10 or 12 feet above low Banks 30 feet high. Bluffs Well built wooden bridge Banks low. Banks 25 feet above water _. Banks low Banks low Banks low Banks low Banks low .. Banks low Banks Banks low Banks low Banks low Banks low Banks low. Banks low - Banks low Banks low Banks low Banks low Banks low Banks low Banks low Banks low RAILROAD REPORT—ROUTE EAST OF CASCADE —Continued. 41 Name of stream. Slough Slough Slough Creek with water Dry gully Dry gully Dry gully Dry gully. Seven Mile creek Beaver creek Liver creek Battle creek. Bear creek Cow creek. Dist. fromFremont. Length ofbridge. Feel. 2010152590603050253020502050 PROPOSED RAILROAD ROUTE FROM FORT READING TO VANCOUVER, EAST OF THE CASCADE RANGE SURVEYED BY LIEUTENANT WILLIAMSON. In preparing the following description of this route, I have been careful to express LieutenantWilliamsons ideas, as far as they are known to me. As, however, he seldom referred directlyto the railroad, in his journal, I have sometimes been unable to ascertain definitely what hisopinion was. In such cases, I have given my own. With the exception of the Willamette valley and a small portion of the Sacramento valley,the regions traversed by this route are unsettled, and, as a general thing, barren in their rocks are chiefly of volcanic origin. The few fertile spots are usually difficult of access,and the country is unfitted to support a civilized population. Of the climate of the region east of the Cas
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