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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:government_survey
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gptkbp:commissionedBy
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gptkb:United_States_Congress
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gptkbp:conductedBy
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gptkb:United_States_Army_Corps_of_Topographical_Engineers
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gptkbp:endDate
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1855
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gptkbp:includes
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scientific observations
geological studies
botanical studies
Pacific coast route
central route
ethnographic studies
northern route
southern route
zoological studies
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gptkbp:influenced
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route selection for the First Transcontinental Railroad
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gptkbp:notableLeader
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gptkb:William_H._Emory
gptkb:John_C._Fremont
gptkb:John_Pope
gptkb:Amiel_Weeks_Whipple
gptkb:Edward_Griffin_Beckwith
gptkb:Isaac_Stevens
gptkb:John_Williams_Gunnison
gptkb:John_G._Parke
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gptkbp:officialName
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gptkb:Explorations_and_Surveys_for_a_Railroad_Route_from_the_Mississippi_River_to_the_Pacific_Ocean
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gptkbp:publishedBy
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gptkb:United_States_Government_Printing_Office
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gptkbp:purpose
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to determine the best route for a transcontinental railroad
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gptkbp:regionSurveyed
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Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Transcontinental_Railroad
gptkb:Pacific_Railroad_Act
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gptkbp:resultedIn
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twelve-volume report
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gptkbp:startDate
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1853
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:William_Phipps_Blake
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Pacific Railroad Surveys
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