Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Mounted sketches of terrain covered by three expeditions in 1853 and 1854 which were assembled to explore and survey for a possible route for a railroad through the Rocky Mountains. The contents are described in hand-written ink on the title page - The Far West. Explorations of the country from the Missisippi [sic] river to the Pacific Ocean by Gunnison, Frimont [sic], Beckuith [sic] in 1853-1854. Executed for the Congress in 1854-1855 by Schumann....

Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Mounted sketches of terrain covered by three expeditions in 1853 and 1854 which were assembled to explore and survey for a possible route for a railroad through the Rocky Mountains. The contents are described in hand-written ink on the title page - The Far West. Explorations of the country from the Missisippi [sic] river to the Pacific Ocean by Gunnison, Frimont [sic], Beckuith [sic] in 1853-1854. Executed for the Congress in 1854-1855 by Schumann....