#539 • F. V. Hayden’s 1871 Montana & Yellowstone Survey Report, Published 1872

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Category: Books, Comics, Magazines & Ephemera

A hardcover copy of F. V. Hayden’s Preliminary Report of the United States Geological Survey of Montana and Portions of Adjacent Territories; Being a Fifth Annual Report of Progress, covering the 1871 survey and published in Washington by the Government Printing Office in 1872. The volume belongs to the scientific exploration of the American West associated with Hayden’s Yellowstone expeditions, whose documentation helped build the case for the park’s establishment in 1872. The dark gray binding bears an Engineering Societies Library stamp dated 1931. The cover is worn and some pages are loose. Approximately 6" x 1.5" x 9" high.