Journal of travels from St. Josephs to Oregon with observations of that country
Subtitle: together with a description of California, its agricultural interests, and a full description of its gold mines
By: by Riley Root ; foreword by Joseph A. Sullivan.
Contributors: Sullivan, Joseph A., b. 1888.; Kaiser, Verle, former owner.; Kennedy, Ben, printer.; Morrison, William R., printer.; Abbey Press (Oakland, Calif.),; Pacific Northwest History Collection.
Edition: [1st California ed.]
Series: California relations -- no. 41.
Publisher: Biobooks
Published: 1955
Place of publication: Oakland, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 130
Subjects: Overland journeys to the Pacific; Oregon -- Description and travel; Oregon -- History -- To 1859; California -- Description and travel; California -- Gold discoveries
Notes: Originally published in 1850. Much of this book is from Palmer, Travels over the Rocky Mountains; the account of the Whitman massacre is wholly that of H.H. Spalding.

"Five hundred copies of this book have been printed at The Abbey Press, Oakland, California by Ben Kennedy and William R. Morrison"--cf. colophon.

Title page in red and black within beige decorative border.

WSU MASC copy has bookplate of Verle Kaiser on front free endpaper.

WSU MASC copy is: 002-108883869.