 A
Pacific Railroad Survey party searching for a practicable route for
a railroad to connect the Sacramento Valley with the Columbia River
passed near this point bound north on August 20, 1855. Lieutenant
R.S. Williamson headed the party with 2nd Lieutenant Henry I. Abbot
second in command. Among the officers in the Army escort were Lieutenant
Phil S. Sheridan and Lieutenant George Crook. Dr. J.S. Newberry was
the Chief Scientist with the survey party. |
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