Mowry, Sylvester, 1830-1871
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American explorer and writer.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : San Francisco, to William Wetmore Story, 1868 Dec. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612996
Sylvester Mowry (1830-1871) was a lieutenant in the U.S. Army stationed at Vancouver Barraracks, Washington Territory.
From the description of Sylvester Mowry letters [manuscript], 1853. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 693881620
From the guide to the Sylvester Mowry letters, 1853, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library)
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.
From the description of Sylvester Mowry letters, 1853. (Washington State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 166428021
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Subjects:
- Agriculture
- Dueling
- Gambling
- Meteorologists
- Mineral investment
- Mountain passes
- Oregon
- Overland journeys to the Pacific
- Pacific railroads
- Soldiers
- Soldiers
- Surveying
- Surveying
- Voyages and travels
Occupations:
- Meteorologists
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- United States (as recorded)
- Cascade Range (as recorded)
- San Francisco (Calif.) (as recorded)
- Columbia City (Seattle, Wash.) (as recorded)
- Washington (State) (as recorded)
- Washington Territory (as recorded)
- Yakima River (Wash.) (as recorded)
- San Francisco (Calif.) (as recorded)
- West (U.S.) (as recorded)
- Fort Yuma (Calif.) (as recorded)
- Fort Dalles (Dalles, Or.) (as recorded)
- California (as recorded)
