The Emigrant's Guide to Oregon and California
Publisher: Applewood Books
Published: October 1, 1994
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9781557092458
Subjects: United States - West - Pacific (General); Travel; History - U.S.; United States - General; North America; Cultural Region/Pacific Northwest; Cultural Region/Western U.S.; Geographic Orientation/California; Geographic Orientation/Oregon; History / U.S.; History / United States / General; Theometrics/Secular; Travel/North America; History; California; Description and travel; Overland journeys to the Pacific
First sentence: THE author long having had an anxious desire to visit those wild regions upon the great Pacific, which had now become the topic of conversation in every circle, and in reference to which, speculations both rational and irrational were everywhere in vogue, now determined to accomplish his desired object: for which purpose he repaired to Independence, Mo., which place was the known rendezvous of the Santa Fe traders, and the trappers of the Rocky mountains.