Our new West
Subtitle: records of travel between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean ; over the plains--over the mountains--through the great interior basin--over the Sierra Nevadas--to and up and down the Pacific Coast ; with details of the wonderful natural scenery, agriculture, mines, business, social life, progress, and prospects ... including a full description of the Pacific Railroad ; and of the life of the Mormons, Indians, and Chinese ; with map, portraits, and twelve full page illustrations
By: by Samuel Bowles.
Publisher: Hartford Publishing Co.; J.D. Dennison
Published: 1869
Place of publication: Hartford, Ct; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 524
Subjects: Mormons; West (U.S.) -- Description and travel; West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890; West (U.S.) -- Social life and customs; California -- History; California -- Description and travel; California -- Social life and customs
Description: Details the author's journeys and experiences across the North American continent in the summers of 1865 and 1866, exploring the Western United States.
Table of contents: title: Over the plains; title: over the mountains; title: through the great interior basin; title: over the Sierra Nevadas; title: to and up and down the Pacific coast. With details of the wonderful natural scenery, agriculture, mines, business, social life, progress, and prospects ; including a full description of the Pacific railroad ; and of the life of the Mormons, Indians, and Chinese.