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The California Trail
Author | : George R. Stewart |
Publsiher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 1983-01-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0803291434 |
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In 1841 and 1842 small groups of emigrants tried to discover a route to California passable by wagons. Without reliable maps or guides, they pushed ahead, retreated, detoured, split up, and regrouped, reaching their destination only at great cost of property and life. But they had found a trail, or cleared one, and by their mistakes had shown others how to take wagon trains across half a continent. By 1844 a great migration was in progress. Each successive party learned from those who went before where to cross rivers and mountains, when to rest, when to forge ahead, and how to find food and water. Increased experience was translated into better wagon designs, improved understanding of climate and terrain, and better-supplied and -organized caravans. George R. Stewart's California Trail describes the trail's year-by-year changes as weather conditions, new exploration, and the changing character of emigrants affected it. Successes and disasters (like the Donner party's fate) are presented in nearly personal detail. More than a history of the trail, this book tells how to travel it, what it felt like, what was feared and hoped for.
The California Trail to Gold in American History
Author | : Carl R. Green |
Publsiher | : Enslow Publishing |
Total Pages | : 134 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0766013472 |
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Examines the thrills and disappointments of the nineteenth-century rush for gold in California, during which people abandoned their jobs and homes and headed west in hopes of becoming rich.
The Opening of the California Trail
Author | : George R. Stewart |
Publsiher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2023-11-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780520349254 |
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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1953.
The California Trail Yesterday Today
Author | : William E. Hill |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105040422722 |
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A Guide to the California Trail
Author | : Richard K. Brock,Donald E. Buck,Alison Portello,Herman Zittel |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 2012-02-15 |
Genre | : California National Historic Trail |
ISBN | : 0970702353 |
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The Emigrant s Guide to Oregon and California
Author | : Lansford Warren Hastings |
Publsiher | : Applewood Books |
Total Pages | : 157 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781557092458 |
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Published in 1845, this guidebook for pioneers is a reproduction of one of the most collectible books about California and the Western movement. It was the guidebook used by the Donner Party on their fateful journey. In addition, because Hastings' shortcut route through the Rockies produced such tragedy, the War Department commissioned The Prairie Traveler.
Martha of California
Author | : James Otis |
Publsiher | : Good Press |
Total Pages | : 123 |
Release | : 2023-10-12 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : EAN:8596547597834 |
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Martha of California: A Story of the California Trail by James Otis is a captivating tale that follows Martha's journey along the famed California Trail. Otis masterfully weaves a narrative filled with challenges, discoveries, and the pioneering spirit, offering readers a firsthand experience of the trials and triumphs of early settlers.
The California Trail
Author | : Ralph Compton |
Publsiher | : St. Martin's Paperbacks |
Total Pages | : 385 |
Release | : 2007-04-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781429903103 |
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From bestselling author Ralph Compton—the bold saga of a trail-blazing cattle drive in the blistering heat of the California gold rush. The only riches Texans had left after the Civil War were five million maverick longhorns and the brains and brawn to drive them north to where the money was. But it all took a wild and dangerous turn on the California Trail, a passage overrun with dreamers, schemers, and gold... Gold fever has hit California, and suddenly the land is full of hungry pioneers. For Texas brothers Gil and Van Austin, it means a chance to sell their well-grazed longhorns after years of hard ranching and a death-defying cattle drive up through Mexico. The only thing that stands between them and California is a scorching desert, swollen rivers, a barrage of Indian attacks, and a passel of outlaws. And while the Texans are ready and willing to take it all on, there’s one thing they’re not prepared for: the ultimate act of treachery, greed, and back-stabbing deceit. . .