The road to California
Subtitle: the search for a southern overland route, 1540-1848
By: by Harlan Hague.
Series: American trails series ;; 11; American trails series (Arthur H. Clark Company) ;; 11.
Publisher: A. H. Clark Co.
Published: 1978
Place of publication: Glendale, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 325
Subjects: Overland journeys to the Pacific.; Spaniards in the New Southwest -- History.; Southwest, New -- History -- To 1848.; Mexico -- History -- To 1810.; Mexico -- History -- 1821-1861.
Description: "Attempting to fill an empty space in western literature, this book then is concerned with the search for and use of the southern overland route to California from the earliest Spanish penetration into the present United States Southwest to 1849, just before the country was inundated, comparitively speaking, by California bound argonauts"--Pref.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [303]-313.
Includes index.