Disaster at the Colorado : Beale's wagon road and the first emigrant party

Disaster at the Colorado Beale's wagon road and the first emigrant party

Across north-central New Mexico and Arizona, along the line of Route 66, now Interstate 40, there first ran a little-known wagon trail called Beale's Wagon Road, after Edward F. Beale, who surveyed it for the War Department in 1857. This survey became famous for employing camels. Not so wel...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Baley, Charles W., 1922- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Logan : Utah State University Press c2002.
Materias:
Beale, Edward Fitzgerald, > 1822-1893.
Mohave Indians > Arizona > History > 19th century.
Mohave Indians > Wars.
Beale Road > History.
Southwest, New > Description and travel.
Arizona > History > To 1912.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009430339006719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; Preface; 1 The Roster; 2 The Santa Fe Trail; 3 A New Road West; 4 Westward Ho!; 5 Little Water-Many Indians; 6 Battle at the Colorado; 7 The Long Road Back; 8 A Cold Miserable Winter; 9 California at Last; 10 The Legal Battle; 11 The Later Years; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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