Star Crossings and Stone Monuments-Field Astronomy by the Wheeler Survey in 1870s Colorado: Usgs Circular 1362

by William E. Wilson

The decade of the 1870s was a time of extensive exploration and surveying in the American West. The nation needed knowledge of the cultural features, topography, natural resources, and geology of this land to promote and aid the rapid development of an empire. The need was particularly acute in the region that still was known in the early 1870s as Colorado Territory. There, cities and towns were springing up along the base of the Front Range, railroads...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 128720113X
• ISBN13: 9781287201137
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Bibliogov
• Length: 52 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 7.4" x 9.7"