Map of routes for a Pacific railroad

Sectional interest in controlling the West was particularly evident in the Pacific Railroad Surveys, conducted from 1853-54 under the direction of then Secretary of War, Jefferson Davis. Four east-west traverses, designed to satisfy both northern and southern sectional interes...

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1257b836d
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1855
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English
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06_01_006555
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Boston Public Library
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[Washington, D.C.]
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Office of P. R. R. Surveys
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United States
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