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Excerpt from Report Upon the Colorado River of the West: Under the Direction of the Office of Explorations and Surveys

Dr. J. S. Newberry was appointed physician to the expedition, and also to take charge of the natural history department. This gentleman had previously made extensive geological surveys in California and Oregon while attached to the party of Lieutenant Williamson, topographical engineers, in charge of the Pacific railroad surveys in those regions.

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