Mowry, Sylvester, 1830-1871
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Mowry, Sylvester, 1830-1871
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Mowry, Sylvester
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Mowry, Sylvester, 1832-1871.
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Mowry, Sylvester, Lieut.
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American explorer and writer.
Sylvester Mowry (1830-1871) was a lieutenant in the U.S. Army stationed at Vancouver Barraracks, Washington Territory.
Meteorologist with Isaac Stevens's 1853 Pacific railroad survey (northern route) which attempted to locate a route through the Cascade Mountains to Puget Sound; graduate of West Point in 1848; later was closely identified with mining speculation in Arizona Territory.
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Agriculture
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Meteorologists
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Mountain passes
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Pacific railroads
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Cascade Range
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San Francisco (Calif.)
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Columbia City (Seattle, Wash.)
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Washington (State)
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Washington Territory
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Yakima River (Wash.)
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San Francisco (Calif.)
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West (U.S.)
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Fort Yuma (Calif.)
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Fort Dalles (Dalles, Or.)
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California
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