The national wagon road guide, from St. Joseph and Council Bluffs, on the Missouri River, via South Pass of the Rocky Mountains, to California

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Title The national wagon road guide, from St. Joseph and Council Bluffs, on the Missouri River, via South Pass of the Rocky Mountains, to California
Subject West (U.S.) -- Guidebooks; West (U.S.) -- Description and travel; Overland journeys to the Pacific
Creator Wadsworth, William
Description William Wadsworth made several trips across the plains. His book was considered one of the most useful of the overland guides available beginning in the 1840s. He based his writings on his own observations and experiences and included information from other sources. It contains "a minute description of the entire route" from Missouri to California "with all its branches and cut-offs; distances from place to place; lakes, springs, creeks, rivers, ferries and fording places; mountains, canons, deserts, alkali lagoons, meadows, camping and recruiting places; birds, animals, insects and reptiles; natural phenomena and remarkable scenery; with a map of the route, including the Salt Lake country"
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1858
Type Text
Format application/pdf
Identifier F593-_W34.pdf
Language eng
Spatial Coverage West, United States; California, United States
Rights Management http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Holding Institution J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Scanning Technician Ellen Moffatt
Digitization Specifications Original scanned with Hasselblad H2D 39 megapixel digital camera and saved as 600 ppi tiffs. Display images created in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5 and generated in Adobe Acrobat ProX as multiple page pdf.
Call Number F593 .W34; Record ID 99195690102001
ARK ark:/87278/s62n73vs
Setname uum_rbc
ID 309029
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s62n73vs
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