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There
was a frontier that has been forgotten ... the frontier
of the outer coast - the rocky western coast of ferocious storms, wild
mountains tumbling down to the sea, and the occasional encounter with
native Americans. This was the frontier of the Coast Surveyors as they
first made their way into the uncharted waters of our Pacific shores.
Join George Davidson, James Lawson, and William P. McArthur as they
make their way to our western shores and western mountains. Share their
adventures as they help make our western coast safe for the ships and
commerce of the world ....
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Autobiography of James S. Lawson
Lawson's Autobiography covers the trip
west with George Davidson via the Isthmus of Panama at the height
of gold fever, Indian encounters on the Northwest Coast, and
adventure at sea.
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Mt.
Shasta: Report of John Muir
Letter
from John Muir to A.F. Rodgers, Asst. U.S.C.S describing his
accent of Mt. Shasta on the 30th of April, 1875. |
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Nine
Days on the Summit of Mt. Shasta
A
classic work written by Assistant Benjamin A. Colonna of his
1878 triangulation observations from the peak of 14,162 foot
Mount Shasta.
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Mutiny on the EWING
On
the night of September 13, 1849, occurred a mutiny on the gig
of the U.S. survey schooner EWING. The
five mutineers were later captured and hanged.
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Pacific
Coast Survey of 1849 and 1850
Details of the life of Lieut. Commander McArthur and the work
he carried on on the Pacific Coast.
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The
Coast Survey on the Pacific Coast
T.
J. Maher outlines the Coast Survey work accomplished on the
West Coast from the mid 1800's to the 1920's.
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