The expedition was one of six major expeditions that traversed through different parts of the country in search of a promising railroad route. Twelve scientists, including Bigelow, traveled …

The Whipple Expedition (1853–1854) was led by Lieutenant Amiel Weeks Whipple and tasked with conducting a survey from Fort Smith, Arkansas, to Los Angeles, California, along the 35th …

The expedition was one of six major expeditions that traversed through different parts of the country in search of a promising railroad route. Twelve scientists, including John M. Bigelow, …

2012年4月25日 · By an act of Congress, Secretary of War Jefferson Davis was charged to conduct surveys for the first transcontinental railroad route to the Pacific Ocean, near the 35th …

2019年7月4日 · This report describes the botany on the route explored along the 35th parallel by Lieutenant A.W. Whipple, from Little Rock, Arkanas, through Oklahoma, past Amarillo, along …

In 1853 U.S. Army Lt. Amiel Weeks Whipple (1817–63) of Massachusetts commanded an official expedition to survey a possible railroad route along the thirty-fifth parallel through present …

This expedition was sent out to find a "practical route for a railroad along the 35th parallel from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean" (Sherer 1994:41). The expedition included scientists …

Whipple, A. W. Reconnaissance and survey of a railway route from Mississippi River, near 35th parallel north lat., Pacific Ocean. [S.l, 1855] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, …

The 35th parallel survey passed through Albuquerque and the Zuni Pueblo, crossing the 109th meridian (the eastern border of Arizona) on November 28. They proceeded generally west, …

The primary purpose of the Whipple expedition was finding a railroad route from the Mississippi to the Pacific. The expedition was one of six major expeditions that traversed through different …