Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
Published / Created:
[1878]
Call Number:
832 1878
Container / Volume:
BRBL_00582
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Maps, Atlases & Globes
Description:
"Expedition of 1877 under the command of 1st Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army.", "Issued June 30, 1878.", "Weyss, Lang, & Herman, Del.", From United States Army Corps of Engineers' Topographical, and Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.
Publisher:
[U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian],
Subject (Geographic):
Idaho--Maps
Subject (Name):
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Topographical atlas projected to illustrate explorations and surveys west of the 100th meridian of longitude and Wheeler, George M. (George Montague), 1842-1905
Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
Published / Created:
[1879]
Call Number:
832 1879A
Container / Volume:
BRBL_00582
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Maps, Atlases & Globes
Description:
From United States Army Corps of Engineers' Topographical atlas projected to illustrate explorations and surveys west of the 100th meridian of longitude., Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich., and Shows areas classed as agricultural, timber, grazing, and arid or barren.
Publisher:
[U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian],
Subject (Geographic):
Idaho--Maps
Subject (Name):
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Topographical atlas projected to illustrate explorations and surveys west of the 100th meridian of longitude and Wheeler, George M. (George Montague), 1842-1905
Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
Published / Created:
1879
Call Number:
834 1879B
Container / Volume:
BRBL_00587
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Maps, Atlases & Globes
Description:
"By Order of the Honorable The Secretary of War. Under the, "Expeditions of 1873, '74, '75 & '76 under the command of 1st. Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army.", On verso: 4., and Shows geographical features, roads, settlements, and distances.
Publisher:
U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian,
Subject (Geographic):
Colorado--Surveys--Maps
Subject (Name):
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers, Weyss, Lang & Herman, Del, Wheeler, George M. (George Montague), 1842-1905, and Wright, Horatio Gouverneur, 1820-1899
Subject (Topic):
Land capability for agriculture--Colorado--Maps and Land use--Colorado--Maps
Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
Published / Created:
[1878]
Call Number:
834 1878
Container / Volume:
BRBL_00587
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Maps, Atlases & Globes
Description:
"Atlas sheet no. 61(D).", "Expeditions of 1873, 74, 75 & 76 under the command of 1st. Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army.", "Issued Jan. 10th 1878.", "Weyss, Lang & Herman, del.", and Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.
Publisher:
[U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian],
Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
Published / Created:
1876
Call Number:
842 1876A
Container / Volume:
BRBL_00598
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Maps, Atlases & Globes
Description:
"5"--Verso., "Expeditions of 1871-1872 & 1873 under the comman, "Weyss, Herman & Lang, del."--Margin., Relief shown by hachures and spot heights., and Sheet no. 75 from Wheeler's Geographical exploration and surveys west of the 100th meridian topographical atlas.
Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
Published / Created:
[1876]
Call Number:
842 1876C
Container / Volume:
BRBL_00598
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Maps, Atlases & Globes
Description:
"Atlas sheet no. 83.", "Expeditions of 1871 & 1873 under the command of 1st. Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army.", "Issued Mar. 18th 1876.", "Weyss, Herman & Lang, del.", and Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.
Publisher:
[U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian],
Subject (Geographic):
Arizona--Surveys--Maps and New Mexico--Surveys--Maps
Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
Published / Created:
1871-72.
Call Number:
WA Photos Folio 56
Image Count:
13
Abstract:
Mounted photographs of Arizona, Nevada, and Utah created by Timothy H. O'Sullivan, with a single photographic print by William Bell, that document the Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian led by George Montague Wheeler for the United States War Department, 1871-1872. O'Sullivan created photographs from the 1871 expedition, and Bell created photographs from the 1872 expedition. Manuscript captions pasted on versos of mounts describe geological formations in detail, and are signed "G.K.G" (Grove Karl Gilbert), geologist with the Wheeler expedition 1871-1874, Photographs by O'Sullivan depict several locations along the Colorado River in the Black Canyon and the Grand Canyon. Photographs of Nevada include a view of men and women in the mining town of Logan and a view of eroded strata near Cottonwood Springs. A photograph of Utah consists of a detailed view of a rock marked with striations from wind erosion near Grand Wash, Utah (misidentified by a typescript caption as below Fortification Rock, Arizona)., The photograph by Bell shows the Colorado River and Marble Canyon (identified as Grand Cañon) near the confluence with the Paria River in Arizona, and Accompanied by an architectural detail drawing with graphical representations of a scarab, dagger, celestial symbols, and a horned toad or rodent, as well as manuscript passage attributed to Pliny the Elder
Description:
Accompanied by a box list., Title devised by cataloger., Each photograph mounted on board with a descriptive letter-press captions: War Department, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army. Expeditions West of the 100th Meridian ... Lt. Geo. M. Wheeler, Com'd'g., with title, series and number of image., and Numbers inscribed in some negatives.
Subject (Geographic):
Arizona, Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.), Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico), Grand Canyon (Ariz.), Logan (Nev.), Marble Canyon (Coconino County, Ariz. : Canyon), Nevada, Paria River (Utah and Ariz.), United States, and Utah
Subject (Name):
Bell, William, 1830-1910., Gilbert, Grove Karl, 1843-1918., O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882, Wheeler, George M. 1842-1905. (George Montague),, Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.), and United States. War Department.
Subject (Topic):
Architecture, Details, Exploring expeditions, and Surveys
Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
Published / Created:
1871-1874.
Call Number:
WA Photos Folio 55
Image Count:
68
Abstract:
Album of mounted photographic prints created by Timothy H. O'Sullivan and William Bell, and later compiled by the United States War Department. Photographs document the Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian led by George Montague Wheeler, 1871-1873, The photographic prints were arranged into three consecutive series by the United States War Department, "Explorations in Nevada and Arizona - Expedition of 1871," with photographs by O'Sullivan; "Explorations & Surveys West of the 100th Meridian - Expedition of 1872," with photographs by Bell; and "Geographical & Geological Explorations West of the 100th Meridian - Expedition of 1873," with photographs by O'Sullivan, Images of the expedition of 1871 by O'Sullivan include locations along the Colorado River in the Black Canyon, Iceberg Canyon, and Grand Canyon between Arizona and Nevada. Other images include a view of men and women in the mining town of Logan, Nevada; a view of Saguaro cacti, probably in the upper Sonoran desert in southern Arizona; a detailed view of a rock marked with striations from wind erosion near Grand Wash, Utah (misidentified by a typescript caption as below Fortification Rock, Arizona); and a view of an alpine lake, in the Sierra Nevada mountains in California, Images of the expedition of 1872 by Bell include views of steep rock walls and narrow valleys in vicinity of Kanab Canyon, Arizona, as well as views of the Colorado River and Marble Canyon (identified as Grand Cañon) near the confluence with the Paria River in Arizona. Other images include a view of geologic rock formations in Salt Creek Canyon, Utah, and Perched Rock near Rocker Creek, Arizona, Images of the expedition of 1873 by O'Sullivan in Arizona include views in the vicinity of the White Mountains with several views of Apache Lake, including an image that shows Western Apache Indian military scouts, as well as a view of the ranch owned by Corydon Eliphalet Cooley. Several images in the vicinity of Canyon de Chelly include views of the White House and Anasazi ruins, as well as images of rock towers and canyon walls. Other images include a view at the confluence of the Colorado River and Paria River; a view of the North Fork Canyon and the White River (identified as Sierra Blanca Creek); and an overview of Fort Apache, Images of the expedition of 1873 by O'Sullivan in New Mexico include images related to Inscription Rock, with a view of the steep rock spires and detail photographs of Spanish inscriptions carved in sandstone. Images of the community of Zuni, include a view of the Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe mission church, as well as views of multi-story stone and adobe pueblos. An image shows a view of an entrance or narthex of the Mission of San Miguel in Santa Fe. An informal portrait near Fort Defiance shows Navajo men and women sitting and standing beside a loom, and An incidental image from the expedition of 1873 by O'Sullivan in Utah shows a view of mesa tops and canyon walls near the confluence of the San Juan River and the Colorado River
Description:
Copy of album in WA MSS S-744 described in finding aid for collection., Each photograph accompanied by guard sheet with descriptive letter-press. Letterpress captions on mounts: War Department Corps of engineers. U.S. army . . . Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Com'd'g., and Photographs by Timothy O'Sullivan for the 1871 expedition to Nevada and Arizona, numbered 1 through 16; photographs by William Bell for the 1872 expedition along the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon, numbered 1 through 15; and photographs by O'Sullivan for the 1873 expedition to Arizona and New Mexico, numbered 1 through 19.
Subject (Geographic):
Apache Lake (Ariz.), Arizona, Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.), Bull Run Mountains (Nev.), Canyon de Chelly National Monument (Ariz.), Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico), El Morro National Monument (N.M.), Fort Apache (Ariz.), Fort Defiance (N.M.), Grand Canyon (Ariz.), Iceberg Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.), Inscription Rock (N.M.), Kanab Canyon (Ariz.), Logan (Nev.), Marble Canyon (Coconino County, Ariz. : Canyon), Nevada, New Mexico, North Fork Canyon (Ariz.), Paria River (Utah and Ariz.), Salt Creek Canyon (Utah), San Juan River (Colo.-Utah), Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.), Southwest, New, United States, Utah, West (U.S.), White Mountains (Ariz.), White River (Nev.), and Zuni (N.M.)
Subject (Name):
Bell, William, 1830-1910., Cooley, Corydon Eliphalet, O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882, Mission San Miguel (Santa Fe, N.M.), Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (Mission : Zuni, N.M.), Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.), and United States. War Department.
Subject (Topic):
Homes & haunts, Indians of North America, Navajo Indians, Paiute Indians, Pueblo Indians, Pueblos, Saguaro, Western Apache Indians, Exploring expeditions, and Surveys
Bien, Julius, 1826-1909 Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.) O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882 Wheeler, George M. (George Montague), 1842-1905
Published / Created:
ca. 1874].
Call Number:
WA MSS S-744
Container / Volume:
Box 47
Image Count:
60
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Photographs by Timothy O'Sullivan from the Geographical Surveys West of the 100th meridian, including views along the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon, Kanab Wash and Black Canyon, Camp Apache and Apache Lake in Arizona, Inscription Rock, Canyon de Chelle, Zuni pueblo in New Mexico, Bull Run Mining District in Nevada, Conejos Canyon and Conejos River in Colorado, and the Snake River in Idaho. Also includes images of Apache, Navajo, and Zuni Indians. Views 16-25 are from the 1874 expedition.
Description:
Also described in finding aid for Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian Papers. and Descriptive legend accompanies each image, on facing page. Letterpress captions on mounts: War Department, Corps of engineers. U.S. army [...].
Subject (Geographic):
Arizona--Pictorial works, Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--Pictorial works, Colorado--Pictorial works, Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--Pictorial works, Idaho--Pictorial works, Nevada--Pictorial works, New Mexico--Pictorial works, Southwest, New--Pictorial works, United States--Discovery and exploration--Pictorial works, United States--Surveys--Pictorial works, West (U.S.)--Pictorial works, and Zuni (N.M.)--Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)--Pictorial works
Subject (Topic):
Apache Indians--Pictorial works, Discoveries in geography--American--Pictorial works, Navajo Indians--Pictorial works, Pueblos--Pictorial works, and Zuni Indians--Pictorial works
Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
Published / Created:
1877
Call Number:
80b 1877
Container / Volume:
BRBL_00537
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Maps, Atlases & Globes
Description:
"By order of the honorable, the Secretary of War.", "Seasons of 1869, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, & 1876.", Relief shown by hachures., and Shows routes of explorations and surveys of the Army officers of the line, Corps of Topographical Engineers and Corps of
Publisher:
Government Printing Office],
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)--Discovery and exploration--Maps and West (U.S.)--Surveys--Maps
Subject (Name):
Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.). Annual report upon the geographical surveys of the territory of the United States west of the 100th meridian .., Humphreys, A. A. (Andrew Atkinson), 1810-1883, and Wheeler, George M
