Restored bird’s eye view of Mt. Lassen (Lassen’s Butte) in the Cascade Mountains of northern California, 1857 as viewed from the plain, showing a U.S. cavalry column exploring the area for the United States Pacific Railroad Expeditions (USPRR). Drawn by Heinrich Balduin Möllhausen. These surveys were commissioned by the U.S. War Department to explore and document potential routes for a transcontinental railroad.
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