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News of the Plains and Rockies: Gold Seekers, California, 1849-1856; Railroad Forerunners, 1850-1865
Contributor(s): White, David Archer (Editor)
ISBN: 0870622560     ISBN-13: 9780870622564
Publisher: Arthur H. Clark Company
OUR PRICE:   $74.25  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: November 1999
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Annotation: For more than a century the history of the American Frontier, particularly the West, has been the speciality of the Arthur H. Clark Company. We publish new books, both interpretive and documentary, in small, high-quality editions for the collector, researcher, and library.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - 19th Century
- History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy)
Dewey: 978.02
LCCN: 96003726
Series: News of the Plains and Rockies
Physical Information: 1.56" H x 7.3" W x 10.28" (2.33 lbs) 464 pages
Themes:
- Geographic Orientation - California
- Cultural Region - Western U.S.
- Cultural Region - West Coast
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:

GOLD SEEKERS, CALIFORNIA, 1849-1856

Joseph H. Colton, 1849, Colton's map of gold region in CA

Sidney Roberts, 1849, To emigrants to the gold region

Brigham H. Young and John Eager, 1850, Guide, Salt Lake to San Francisco

F. M. Drake, 1853, Emigrant's overland guide to California

J. Tarbell, 1853, Emigrant's guide to California

Anonymous, 1855, Journey from New Orleans to California

Charles Cardinell, 1856, Adventures on the plains

RAILROAD FORERUNNERS, 1850-1865

William L. Dearborn, 1850, Rail road, St. Louis to San Francisco

Francois X. Aubry, 1853, Notes by F. X. Aubry

William M. Gwin, 1853, Speeches on the national railroad

Antoine Leroux, 1853, Slopes and valleys of the Rocky Mts.

Thomas H. Benton, 1854, Western geography and railroad

John C. Fremont, 1854, Letter, winter expedition on route for railroad

Frederick W. Lander, 1854, Double track railway to the Pacific

Frederick W. Lander, 1858, Railroad through South Pass

Thomas J. Cram, 1858, Memoir, railroad through Sonora to Arizona

Bradley B. Meeker, 1860, Speedy construction of Pacific railroad

David Fergusson, 1863, Route between Tucson and Lobos Bay

James A. Evans, 1865, U.P. Railroad, Camp Walbach to Green River

Francis M. Case, 1865, U.P. Railroad, Cache la Poudre & S. Pass routes

Samuel B. Reed, 1865, U.P. Railroad, Green River to Salt Lake City