Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
Wheeler Survey records, 1871-1878.
The records of The United States Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian, also known as The Wheeler Survey, includes topographical, astronomical, and meteorological field books of the survey parties in Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, and Utah from 1869 to 1878. The Wheeler Survey collection at the Archives, University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries, focus primarily on Colorado, although there are a few date books on the Utah, New Mexico and Nevada portions of the Survey.
The Wheeler Survey, as The United States Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian was called, was conducted officially from 1872 to 1879, though Wheeler actually began surveying in 1867. Lieutenant George Montgomery Wheeler was appointed to head the Wheeler Survey, which was the armys response to the Hayden, King, and Powell surveys. The Wheeler Survey was conducted in: California, Nevada, and present-day Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado. The main objective of the Wheeler Survey was to obtain correct topographical knowledge of the traversed [land] and to prepare accurate maps of that section (Bartlett, 388) and information of mineral resources.
Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Astronomy -- 19th century.
Cartography.
Meteorology -- Observations
Topographical surveying.
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