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...
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Lake Jessie
"The water of Lake Jessie is considerably saline in its character," "and the theory for the saline qualities is found in the fact that it is never washed out, and retains the salt deposits and incrustations." Plate XI.