Journal : of an exploring and survey expedition on the Upper Plains from Fort Snelling (Minn.) to the South Pass of the Rocky Mountains along "Nobles Road", 1856 May 18-1856 Aug. 20.

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Journal : of an exploring and survey expedition on the Upper Plains from Fort Snelling (Minn.) to the South Pass of the Rocky Mountains along "Nobles Road", 1856 May 18-1856 Aug. 20.

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Ms. account by Henry Hardy of an exploring and survey expedition across Minnesota, from Fort Snelling to South Pass in the Rocky Mountains between May 18 and Aug. 20, 1856.

[42] leaves, bound : ill., maps ; 19 cm.

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Hardy, Henry H., ca. 1844-ca. 1919.

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Explorer, Civil War veteran, and brush-maker. Hardy was born in Poland, Maine, but grew up in Naples, Maine. As a young man he joined a geographical surveying party in connection with the Union Pacific Railroad, and travelled into the wilderness almost to the Yellowstone. In 1864 he enlisted for Civil War service with Co. C, Third Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, and soon was transferred to Washington, D.C. where he was appointed dispatch orderly. After the war, he returne...