West of the river /
Gardiner, Dorothy
West of the river / by Dorothy Gardiner. - New York : Thomas Y. Growell Company, 1941. - vi p., 2 leaves, [3]-347 p. color frontispiece, : ill., color plates, color portraits ; 22 cm.
With hardcover
Includes index
Cont.: Part 1 On western highways: -- Western country -- River route to the west -- Santa Fe Trail and Bent's Fort -- Great Road, its forts and its travelers -- Part 2 Development of the West: First White men -- Louisiana purchase -- Fur traders -- Oregon, Utah, and California -- Motive power and pack animals -- Wagons and stagecoaches -- Soldiers, freighters, and Pike's Peak -- Mails, express, and telegraph -- Ben Holladay and the "Overland" -- Indian wars -- Pacific Railway.
History of the exploration and development of the American continent during the nineteenth century, west from the Missouri River and north of the Santa Fé Trail.
West (U.S.)--History
United States, West.
West of the river / by Dorothy Gardiner. - New York : Thomas Y. Growell Company, 1941. - vi p., 2 leaves, [3]-347 p. color frontispiece, : ill., color plates, color portraits ; 22 cm.
With hardcover
Includes index
Cont.: Part 1 On western highways: -- Western country -- River route to the west -- Santa Fe Trail and Bent's Fort -- Great Road, its forts and its travelers -- Part 2 Development of the West: First White men -- Louisiana purchase -- Fur traders -- Oregon, Utah, and California -- Motive power and pack animals -- Wagons and stagecoaches -- Soldiers, freighters, and Pike's Peak -- Mails, express, and telegraph -- Ben Holladay and the "Overland" -- Indian wars -- Pacific Railway.
History of the exploration and development of the American continent during the nineteenth century, west from the Missouri River and north of the Santa Fé Trail.
West (U.S.)--History
United States, West.