Josiah Belden 1841 California Overland Pioneer
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Josiah Belden 1841 California Overland Pioneer
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Author : Josiah Belden
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1962
Josiah Belden 1841 California Overland Pioneer written by Josiah Belden and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with History categories.
Thomas O Larkin
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Author : Harlan Hague
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 1995-03-01
Thomas O Larkin written by Harlan Hague and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-03-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Arriving in Mexican California in 1832, Thomas O. Larkin (1802-1858) expected to become a rich man-and he did: he became a successful merchant, financier, and land developer. Larkin also became the confidant of California officials, American consul to California, and secret agent of the president of the United States during the territory’s transition from Mexican to American control. Harlan Hague and David Langum have uncovered a large body of new information, shedding light on many aspects of Larkin’s personal life as well as on his business and diplomatic activities. Historians and general readers will welcome this full-scale biography of one of the most important men in the history of early California.
The Bidwell Bartleson Party
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Author : Doyce Blackman Nunis
language : en
Publisher: Western Tanager
Release Date : 1991
The Bidwell Bartleson Party written by Doyce Blackman Nunis and has been published by Western Tanager this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with History categories.
Party and their guide left the California-bound settlers. Thirty-four undaunted adventurers persisted, often without water, between the bleak salt flats and the trackless mountains, pushing late in the season into the Sierras. They survived on the last of their pack animals and even a coyote for food. The party, including Nancy Kelsey, the first white woman to cross the Sierra Nevada mountains, straggled into the San Joaquin Valley on October 30, after six arduous months.
Up And Down California In 1860 1864
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Author : William H. Brewer
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2003-02
Up And Down California In 1860 1864 written by William H. Brewer and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
These warmly affectionate letters, presented here in their entirety, paint a vivid picture of California in the mid-nineteenth century, describing the new state in all its spectacular beauty."--BOOK JACKET.
Up And Down California In 1860 1864
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Author : William Henry Brewer
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1974
Up And Down California In 1860 1864 written by William Henry Brewer and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The journal seems to contain information for everyone regardless of one's interest...Each page of this almost six hundred page journal is crammed with facts and descriptions. So much of interest is contained in every entry that each re-reading will reveal many interesting incidents or observations not quite grasped on the first perusal....This book will be a valuable source to all students of California or United States history and to the casual readers as well.
A Way Across The Mountain
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Author : Scott Stine
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2015-09-22
A Way Across The Mountain written by Scott Stine and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-22 with History categories.
From July to November 1833, Joseph R. Walker led a brigade of fifty-eight fur trappers, with two hundred horses and a year’s provisions, from the Rocky Mountains of Wyoming to the Pacific coast of central California. Toward the end of their journey the Walker brigade crossed the Sierra Nevada, becoming the first non-Native people to traverse the range from east to west. That crossing, made long and brutal by bewildering terrain and deep snow, is widely and rightly considered a milestone in the exploration of intermontane North America. Following Walker’s death in 1876, an alluring tale arose concerning his trans-Sierran route. In the course of the crossing, goes the story, Walker found himself on the northern rim of Yosemite Valley at the plungepoint of North America’s tallest waterfall, staring into the most awesome mountain chasm on the continent. Over the decades since then, this time-honored tale has hardened to folklore. Dozens of historical works have construed it as a towering moment in the opening of the West. But in fact this tale of Yosemite’s discovery has no basis or support in firsthand accounts of the 1833 Sierran crossing. Moreover, there is much in those accounts that contradicts Yosemite lore, and much that points to a trans-Sierran route well north of Yosemite Valley. In A Way Across the Mountain, Scott Stine reconstructs Walker’s 1833 route over the Sierra. Stine draws on his own intimate knowledge of the geomorphology, hydrography, biogeography, and climate of the Sierra Nevada and Great Basin, and employs the detailed travel narrative of the Walker brigade’s field clerk, Zenas Leonard. Stine documents the inception, growth, and persistence of the Yosemite Myth and explores the extent to which that lore has overshadowed Walker’s greatest discovery—that the huge swath of continent between the Wasatch Front and the Sierran crest is hydrographically closed, draining not to an ocean, but to salty lakes and desert sands.
The Great Medicine Road Part 1
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Author : Michael L. Tate
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2014-10-22
The Great Medicine Road Part 1 written by Michael L. Tate and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-22 with History categories.
Between 1841 and 1866, more than 500,000 people followed trails to Oregon, California, and the Salt Lake Valley in one of the greatest mass migrations in American history. This collection of travelers’ accounts of their journeys in the 1840s, the first volume in a new series of trail narratives, comprises excerpts from pioneer and missionary letters, diaries, journals, and memoirs—many previously unpublished—accompanied by biographical information and historical background. Beginning with Father Pierre-Jean de Smet’s letters relating his encounters with Plains Indians, and ending with an account of a Mormon gold miner’s journey from California to Salt Lake City, these narratives tell varied and vivid stories. Some travelers fled hard times: religious persecution, the collapse of the agricultural economy, illness, or unpredictable weather. Others looked ahead, attracted by California gold, the verdant Willamette Valley of Oregon, or the prospect of converting Native people to Christianity. Although many welcomed the adventure and adjusted to the rigors of trail life, others complained in their accounts of difficulty adapting. Remembrances of the Oregon, California, and Mormon Trails have yielded some of the most iconic images in American history. This and forthcoming volumes in The Great Medicine Road series present the pioneer spirit of the original overlanders supported by the rich scholarship of the past century and a half.
The Great Medicine Road Part 1
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Author : Will Bagley
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2014
The Great Medicine Road Part 1 written by Will Bagley and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with California National Historic Trail categories.
Between 1841 and 1866, more than 500,000 people followed trails to Oregon, California, and the Salt Lake Valley in one of the greatest mass migrations in American history. This collection of travelers' accounts of their journeys in the 1840s, the first volume in a new series of trail narratives, comprises excerpts from pioneer and missionary letters, diaries, journals, and memoirs-many previously unpublished-accompanied by biographical information and historical background.
They Saw The Elephant
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Author : JoAnn Levy
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2013-07-17
They Saw The Elephant written by JoAnn Levy and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-17 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"The phrase ’seeing the elephant’ symbolized for ’49 gold rushers the exotic, the mythical, the once-in-a-lifetime adventure, unequaled anywhere else but in the journey to the promised land of fortune: California. Most western myths . . . generally depict an exclusively male gold rush. Levy’s book debunks that myth. Here a variety of women travel, work, and write their way across the pages of western migrant history."-Choice "One of the best and most comprehensive accounts of gold rush life to date"ˆ–San Francisco Chronicle
Overland In 1846
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Author : Dale Lowell Morgan
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 1993-01-01
Overland In 1846 written by Dale Lowell Morgan and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-01-01 with History categories.
"We pray the God of mercy to deliver us from our present Calamity," wrote Patrick Breen on the first day of 1847 as he and others in the Donner party awaited rescue from the snowbound Sierras. His famous diary appears in Overland in 1846, edited and annotated by Dale L. Morgan. This handsome two-volume work includes not only primary sources of the Donner tragedy but also the letters and journals of other emigrants on the trail that year. Their voices combine to create a sweeping narrative of the westward movement. Volume I concentrates on the experiences of particular pioneers making the passage—their letters and diaries describe omnipresent dangers and momentary joys, landmarks, Indians encountered, disputes within the companies, births and deaths. Volume II, also based on contemporary records, offers a broader but no less vivid view of what it was like to go west in 1846 and pictures what was found in California and Oregon.