Outgoing correspondence from Robert Ridgway, August 11, 1867
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- 1867-08-11
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Handwritten outgoing correspondence from Robert Ridgway to Mother (Harriet Ridgway), August 11, 1867. This letter was sent from Camp #12 at Big Bend of Truckee, Nevada. The letter described to his mother his trip from Sacramento, California through the Sierra Nevada mountain range, into Nevada. Of particular interest was his description of Chinese railroad workers blasting granite on the Central Pacific railroad grade. He finishes with an outline of his upcoming trip to Pyramid Lake, Nevada.
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Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929
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- Utah State University - Merrill-Cazier Library
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- Teenagers -- Correspondence
Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929 -- Correspondence
Ornithologists -- Correspondence
West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
Geological Survey (U.S.) - Location
- West (U.S.)
United States - Type
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- English
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- Public domain
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- Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929. Outgoing correspondence from Robert Ridgway, August 11, 1867. 1867-08-11. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://utah-primoprod.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=digcoll_usu_16Ridgeway/1198&context=L&vid=MWDL. (Accessed January 23, 2025.)
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- Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929, (1867-08-11) Outgoing correspondence from Robert Ridgway, August 11, 1867. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://utah-primoprod.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=digcoll_usu_16Ridgeway/1198&context=L&vid=MWDL
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- Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <https://utah-primoprod.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=digcoll_usu_16Ridgeway/1198&context=L&vid=MWDL>.