Sierra Crossing
Subtitle: First Roads to California (Choice 35th Annual Outstanding Academic Book)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: October 18, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780520226869
Subjects: Building construction & materials; Cultural studies; Road transport industries; Social history; Science; History - U.S.; History: American; California; USA; Earth Sciences - Geography; United States - 19th Century/Old West; United States - State & Local - General; History / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
First sentence: On the usage of the early American period, "the Sierras" denoted the great mountain barrier between the Central Valley of California and the "sagebrush plains" and "alkali flats"-these too were common designations on the maps of the time-that lay off to the east.