Cherokee Trail diaries
By: Patricia K.A. Fletcher, Jack Earl Fletcher, Lee Whiteley.
Contributors: Fletcher, Jack E., 1934-; Whiteley, Lee.
Publisher: Fletcher Family Foundation
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Sequim, Wash
Language: eng
Number of pages: 448
Subjects: Overland journeys to the Pacific.; Cherokee Indians -- History.; Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Diaries.; West (U.S.) -- Description and travel.; West (U.S.) -- History -- 1848-1860.; California -- Gold discoveries.
Genres: Diaries.
Description: The Cherokee Trail was name given to two routes taken by Cherokees travelling west from Oklahoma to California in 1849 and 1850. This work identifies locations the trails including campsites. It also identifies the emigrants who pioneered the trails and contains excerpts from extant diaries of those who took the trails. Includes some information about the history of western trails in general.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. 1849 : a new route to the California gold fields; title: v. 2. 1850 : another new route to the California gold fields; title: v. 3. 1851-1900 : emigrants, goldseekers, cattle drives and outlaws