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Southwest Historical Series

by 20160731 frey50
, Overland routes
Additional authors: Ed. -- Hafen, LeRoy R.
Series: Southwest Historical Series Volume 11 Published by : Arthur H. Clark Company (Glendale, CA) , 1943 Physical details: 320 p. includes 1 map attached at back of book
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Introduction.--The Arkansas River route, diary of C.C. Post.--The Platte River route, diary of E.H.N. Patterson.--St. Joseph to Fort Kearny, diary of E.R. Pease.--From Texas to Pike's Peak, diary of A.M. Gass.--Leavenworth and Pike's Peak express route, journal of A.D. Richardson.--The Smoky Hill Trail, contemporary letters and reports.--Appendices: E.D. Boyd's notes on the first parallel road. Log of R.F. Burton's stagecoach trip. Report of J.H. Edwards. Letters from travelers on the Arkansas River Trail.

Diaries and journals of those who went to Colorado during the Pike's Peak gold rush of 1859.