Southwest Historical Series Overland Routes to the gold Fields, 1859 from Contemporary diaries Volume 11
Overland routes
Edited by LeRoy R. Hafen
- Glendale, CA Arthur H. Clark Company 1943
- 320 p. includes 1 map attached at back of book
- Southwest Historical Series Volume 11 .
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.
Overland journeys to the Pacific. Description and travel West (U.S.)