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- Fort Benton
- Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Fort Benton (Mont.); Missouri River
- "Fort Benton stands on the eastern bank of the Missouri, near the Great Bend." "The river is here perfectly transparent at most seasons of the year. The Teton River empties into the Missouri six miles below Fort Benton; the Marias...
- Pacific Railroad Survey Prints
- Near Mouse River
- Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Mouse River (N. Dakota)
- "Near Mouse River there are salt marshes" "and in some places deposits of salt a quarter of an inch thick." Mouse River valley "resembles that of the Sheyenne (Cheyenne). High ridges divide the plateau bordering the stream...
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- Shyenne River
- Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Cheyenne River
- "The Shyenne (Cheyenne) River is 60 feet wide and 14 feet deep, being the largest branch of Red River crossed by the expedition train." Plate IX.
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- Crossing the HellGate River May 5th 1854
- Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Hellgate River (Mont.); Floods
- Lieutenant Mullan and party crossing the Hell-Gate River. This river being flooded, "his whole party and property were nearly lost in using a raft unmanageable in the swift current." Plate LVI.
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- Columbia River, junction of Des Chutes
- Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Des Chutes River
- The junction where the Des Chutes River flows into the Columbia River. Plate LXVII.
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- Kettle Falls, Columbia River
- Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Waterfalls; Columbia River; Kettle Falls (Wash.)
- "The Columbia River at Fort Colville is about three hundred and fifty yards wide just above the Sometknu, or Kettle Falls. These consist of two pitches, one of fifteen feet and another below it of ten, and the river is narrowed to two hundred...
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- Mouth of Peluse (Palouse) River
- Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Palouse River (Wash.)
- The Peluse (Palouse) River "runs through a deep canyon, surrounded by isolated volcanic buttes, to its junction with the Snake River." Plate XL.
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- Milk River - Bears Paw Mountain in distance
- Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Milk River (Mont.); Bears Paw Mountains
- Drawing depicts Milk River with Bears Paw Mountain in the distance. Bears Paw, "a broad and rugged mountain upheaval, stretches from Milk River to the Missouri." Plate XXII.
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- Milk River near junction of Missouri
- Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Milk River (Mont.)
- "The valley of the Milk River is wide and open, with a very heavy growth of cottonwood as far as the eye can reach, which is also to be found along the adjacent shores of the Missouri River." Plate XVIII.
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- Sauk River
- Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Sauk River (Minn.)
- Sauk River at the point of the expeditions "ford is about 120 feet wide, though, owing to the obliquity of the banks and rapidity of current, the ford is near 300 feet wide and the water five feet deep." Plate III.
- Pacific Railroad Survey Prints
- Crossing the HellGate River January 6, 1854
- Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Hellgate River (Mont.); Mullan, John, 1830-1909.
- Lieutenant Mullan and party crossing the icy Hell-Gate River, January 6, 1854. Plate LXV.
- Pacific Railroad Survey Prints
- Cottonwood grove
- Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Trees; Milk River (Mont.); Valleys; Military camps
- The expedition camp set up in the midst of a cottonwood grove located on the Milk River in the Milk River Valley. Plate XIX.
- Pacific Railroad Survey Prints
- Cascades of the Columbia
- Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Columbia River; Cascade Falls
- The Cascade rapids, sometimes referred to as the Cascade Falls. This is an area of rapids in the Columbia River where travelers by boat along the river were forced to either portage boats and supplies or pull boats up with ropes. Plate XLV.
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- Cape Horn - Columbia River
- Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Columbia River;
- Cape Horn on the Columbia River. Drawing shows expedition party and camp. Plate XLVI.
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- Camp Red River hunters
- Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Carts & wagons; Hunting
- The train of the Red River hunters consisting "of 824 carts, about 1,200 animals, and 1,300 persons, men, women, and children." The encampment is formed by making "a circular or square yard of the carts, placed side by side with the...
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- Marias River
- Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Marias River (Mont.)
- Marias River "flows in a channel two or three hundred feet below the prairie level, and is tolerable well wooded. The water was at that time one hundred and fifty feet wide and two to four feet deep, slightly milky, with a swift current and...
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- Maple River
- Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Maple River (Mont.); Military life
- Drawing depicts the expedition's camp on the bank of the Maple River. Plate VIII.
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- Dalles
- Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Columbia River; Channels; Indian encampments; Canoes; Dalles (Or.)
- The Dalles is a narrow place in the Columbia River, where the channel has been worn out of the rocks, below which about ten miles, is the mouth of the Klikitat River. Drawing shows an Indian encampment on the bank and a canoe on the water. Plate...
- Pacific Railroad Survey Prints
- Bois de Sioux River
- Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Bois de Sioux River (Minn.)
- The Bois de Sioux River. The drawing shows two wagons with horses on the bank. Plate VII.
- Pacific Railroad Survey Prints
- Bitter Root River, near Fort Owen
- Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Bitterroot River (Mont.)
- The Bitter Root River near Fort Owen. The drawing shows an Indian fishing from the bank. Plate LXVI.
- Pacific Railroad Survey Prints

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