Overland routes to the gold fields, 1859
Subtitle: from contemporary diaries.
By: Edited by LeRoy R. Hafen.
Contributors: Hafen, Le Roy Reuben, 1893-
Series: The Southwest historical series, 11
Publisher: Porcupine Press
Published: 1974
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
Subjects: Overland journeys to the Pacific; Gold mines and mining -- West (U.S.); American diaries; West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
Notes: Reprint of the 1942 ed. published by A. H. Clark Co., Glendale, Calif.
Table of contents: title: Introduction.; title: The Arkansas River route, diary of C. C. Post.; title: The Platte River route, diary of E. H. N. Patterson.; title: St. Joseph to Fort Kearny, diary of E. R. Pease.; title: From Texas to Pike's Peak, diary of A. M. Gass.; title: Leavenworth and Pike's Peak express route, journal of A. D. Richardson.; title: The Smoky Hill Trail, contemporary letters and reports.; title: Appendices: E. D. Boyd's notes on the first parallel road. Log of R. F. Burton's stagecoach  trip. Report of J. H. Edwards. Letters from travelers on the Arkansas River Trail.