The Emigrant's Guide to Oregon and California
Title | The Emigrant's Guide to Oregon and California PDF eBook |
Author | Lansford Warren Hastings |
Publisher | Applewood Books |
Pages | 157 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1557092451 |
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.
A Guide to the California Trail
Title | A Guide to the California Trail PDF eBook |
Author | Richard K. Brock |
Publisher | |
Pages | 194 |
Release | 2012-02-15 |
Genre | California National Historic Trail |
ISBN | 9780970702357 |
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The California Trail to Gold in American History
Title | The California Trail to Gold in American History PDF eBook |
Author | Carl R. Green |
Publisher | Enslow Publishing |
Pages | 134 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780766013476 |
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.
Emigrant Trails West
Title | Emigrant Trails West PDF eBook |
Author | Richard K. Brock |
Publisher | |
Pages | 225 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | California National Historic Trail |
ISBN |
A Guide to the California Trail Along the Humboldt River
Title | A Guide to the California Trail Along the Humboldt River PDF eBook |
Author | Herman Zittel |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2021-06-30 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781733317054 |
A Guide to the California Trail to the Humboldt River Fourth Edition
Title | A Guide to the California Trail to the Humboldt River Fourth Edition PDF eBook |
Author | Donald E. Buck |
Publisher | |
Pages | 100 |
Release | 2020-01-31 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781733317016 |
This publication is one of the Emigrant Trails West Series of guidebooks that follow the Trails West markers placed on the trails used by emigrants traveling overland to northern California and western Oregon during the 1840s, 1850s, and 1860s.
Graves and Sites on the Oregon and California Trails
Title | Graves and Sites on the Oregon and California Trails PDF eBook |
Author | Randy Brown |
Publisher | |
Pages | 168 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
This popular guide describes the markers installed by the Oregon-California Trails Association's Graves and Sites Committee, providing a comprehensive compilation and description of the trail's fading remnants. For each sign, the book contains directions, the exact text, general background, and access ownership, arranged in sequence from east to west.