Report upon the reconnaissance of northwestern Wyoming : made in the summer of 1873 / by William A. Jones.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.

Contributor:

Jones, William A. (William Albert), 1841-1914.

Series:

Ex. doc. (United States. Congress. House) ; 43rd Congress, 1st session, no. 285.

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I.

Ex. doc. / 43d Congress, 1st session. House of Representatives ; no. 285

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discoveries in geography--American.

Discoveries in geography.

Geology--Wyoming.

Geology.

Wyoming--Description and travel.

Wyoming.

Montana--Description and travel.

Montana.

Yellowstone National Park.

United States--Discovery and exploration.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (v, [1], 210 p., [57] leaves of plates (some fold.)) : ill., maps.

Other Title:

Report upon the reconnaissance of northwestern Wyoming

Place of Publication:

Washington : G.P.O., 1874.

Summary:

Captain William A. Jones headed a military expedition to Yellowstone Park in 1873. The purpose of the expedition was to locate a militrary road from the Union Pacific Railroad in southern Wyoming to the Park. Included on his staff were naturalists and geologists which resulted in reports on insects (J.D. Putman), plants (C.C. Parry) and geology (T. Comstock). It was during this expedition that Togowoheap Pass was discovered which opened up the southern portion of Yellowstone for futuer exploration. The expedition is sometimes referred to as the Jones-Comstock Expedition of 1873.

Descriptive Journal in the general report documents travel itenerary as follows: Fort Bridger -- Pacific Springs -- Hostile Indians -- South Pass -- Sweetwater River -- Camp Stambaugh -- Camp Brown -- Shoshone Agency -- Hot Sulphur Springs -- Wind River -- Owl Creek Mountains -- Valley of the Big Horn -- Discovery of the Sierra Shoshonee -- Ascent of thw Washakee Needles -- Shoshonee Village -- Sashakee -- Indian scouts -- Stinkingwater River -- Crossing of the Sierra Shoshonee -- Stinking Water Pass -- Yellowstone Lake -- Great Falls on Grand Canon -- Explanation of origin -- Hot Springs on Orange Creek -- Great Hot Springs on Gardiner's River -- Description and explanation -- Fossil gas-bubbles -- Amethyst basins -- Yellowstone Lake -- "Our twenty-eighth hop" -- Ascent of Mount Sheridan -- A deserted camp -- Trouble with Indian scouts -- Upper Yellowstone River -- Discovery of "Two-Ocean Water" -- The Three Tetons -- Discovery of Togwotee Pass -- Teton Basin -- Head of Wind River -- Return to Camp Brown.

Contents:

General report / W.A. Jones

Astronomical report / S.E. Blunt

Geological report / T.B. Comstock

Report on mineral and thermal waters / C.L. Heizmann

Botanical report / C.C. Parry

Entomological report / J.D. Putnam.

Notes:

Reproduction of the original from the Library of Congress.

OCLC:

879314041