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- 11022516 abstract "Drawing on the author's diary, this narrative chronicles Andrew McFarland Davis's experiences as a member of an 1857 surveying expedition for a projected line of the La Crosse & Milwaukee Railroad from Portage, Wisconsin, to Lake Pepin. Davis himself was in charge of the expedition's level. From the camp near Silver Lake where it set out at the end of March, the team proceeded through Marquette, Waushara, Adams, Wood, Clark, Eau Claire, Chippewa, and Dunn Counties, changing the terminus for the proposed line as it went, and reconnoitering along the headwaters of the Red Cedar River with another survey team working from the other end of the line. On Tuesday, August 4, Davis's team took a keelboat from Eau Claire to Reed's Landing, and from there, a steamer to Prairie du Chien. The expedition reached its final destination on August 7, after more than four months of work. Davis describes the changing terrain as well as some of the journey's mishaps and discomforts, such as encounters with mosquitoes and gnats that seriously impeded his work. The book includes a map tracing the expedition's route.".
- 11022516 contributor B474163.
- 11022516 coverage "Wisconsin Description and travel.".
- 11022516 created "1911.".
- 11022516 date "1911".
- 11022516 date "1911.".
- 11022516 dateCopyrighted "1911.".
- 11022516 description "Drawing on the author's diary, this narrative chronicles Andrew McFarland Davis's experiences as a member of an 1857 surveying expedition for a projected line of the La Crosse & Milwaukee Railroad from Portage, Wisconsin, to Lake Pepin. Davis himself was in charge of the expedition's level. From the camp near Silver Lake where it set out at the end of March, the team proceeded through Marquette, Waushara, Adams, Wood, Clark, Eau Claire, Chippewa, and Dunn Counties, changing the terminus for the proposed line as it went, and reconnoitering along the headwaters of the Red Cedar River with another survey team working from the other end of the line. On Tuesday, August 4, Davis's team took a keelboat from Eau Claire to Reed's Landing, and from there, a steamer to Prairie du Chien. The expedition reached its final destination on August 7, after more than four months of work. Davis describes the changing terrain as well as some of the journey's mishaps and discomforts, such as encounters with mosquitoes and gnats that seriously impeded his work. The book includes a map tracing the expedition's route.".
- 11022516 extent "1 p.l., p. 165-170 front. (port.) map.".
- 11022516 format "s".
- 11022516 hasFormat "Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.".
- 11022516 identifier lhbum.22516.
- 11022516 isFormatOf "Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.".
- 11022516 issued "1911".
- 11022516 issued "1911.".
- 11022516 language "eng".
- 11022516 publisher "Madison, The Society,".
- 11022516 relation "Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.".
- 11022516 spatial "Wisconsin Description and travel.".
- 11022516 spatial "Wisconsin.".
- 11022516 subject "Davis, Andrew McFarland, 1833-1920 Diaries.".
- 11022516 subject "F586 .D26".
- 11022516 subject "Railroads Wisconsin.".
- 11022516 title "A preliminary railroad survey in Wisconsin, 1857, by Andrew McFarland Davis ...".
- 11022516 type "text".