Preliminary map of routes reconnoitered and opened in the Territory of Utah by Capt. J. H. Simpson, Corps of Topographical Engineers, in the fall of 1858, under the orders of Bvt. Brigadier General A.S. Johnston, commanding the Department of Utah.

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Title	Preliminary map of routes reconnoitered and opened in the Territory of Utah by Capt. J. H. Simpson, Corps of Topographical Engineers, in the fall of 1858, under the orders of Bvt. Brigadier General A.S. Johnston, commanding the Department of Utah.
Subject	Trails--Utah--Maps; Utah--Exploring expeditions--Maps; Pacific wagon roads--Utah--Maps
Place Names	Utah;
Description	Scale of original map: ca. 1:1,260,000. Shows other early trails through Great Salt Lake region. Original publisher: U.S. War Department; printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office, 1858;
Creator	Simpson, J. H. (James Hervey), 1813-1883.
Publisher	Digitized by: J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Contributors	Johnston, Albert Sidney, 1803-1862.
Date.Original	1858
Type	Image;StillImage
Format	image/jp2
Digitization Specifications	Scanned with a Leica S1 Pro digital scanning camera, using a Hasselblad 120mm Makro-Planar f/4 lens. Exposure was at f/11 with a blue filter. Lighting provided by Kaiser Softlite ProVision 6x55W fluorescent 5400K daylight lights. Files saved as uncompressed TIFF at 3500x 5117 pixels. Tif files imported into CONTENTdm for conversion to JPEG2000 display images
Resource Identifier	Doc_Serial_984_40.tif
Source	Doc. Serial 984-40; From: Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, Captain Simpson's report and map of wagon road routes in Utah Territory (35th Cong. 2nd Session Senate Ex. Doc. no.10)
Language	eng
Relation	J. Willard Marriott Library, Rare Books
Coverage	Coordinates: W 114 degrees 20 minutes--W 109 degrees/N 42 degrees 30 minutes--N 39 degrees 20 minutes.
Rights Management	Digital image copyright 2006, University of Utah. All rights reserved.
Source Physical Dimensions	39 x 55 cm
Contributing Institution	J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Scanning Technician	Kelly Taylor

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Preliminary map of routes reconnoitered and opened in the Territory of Utah by Capt. J. H. Simpson, Corps of Topographical Engineers, in the fall of 1858, under the orders of Bvt. Brigadier General A.S. Johnston, commanding the Department of Utah.

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