02747nam 2200613 a 450 991021382540332120200520144314.01-283-26687-397866132668730-87421-461-0(CKB)1000000000688609(EBL)316736(OCoLC)646825770(SSID)ssj0000358920(PQKBManifestationID)11248225(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000358920(PQKBWorkID)10377968(PQKB)11569664(MiAaPQ)EBC3442765(MdBmJHUP)muse16320(MiAaPQ)EBC316736(Au-PeEL)EBL316736(EXLCZ)99100000000068860920020312d2002 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDisaster at the Colorado Beale's wagon road and the first emigrant party /Charles W. BaleyLogan Utah State University Pressc20021 online resource (249 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-87421-438-6 0-87421-437-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-209) and index.Contents; Preface; 1 The Roster; 2 The Santa Fe Trail; 3 A New Road West; 4 Westward Ho!; 5 Little Water-Many Indians; 6 Battle at the Colorado; 7 The Long Road Back; 8 A Cold Miserable Winter; 9 California at Last; 10 The Legal Battle; 11 The Later Years; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Notes; Bibliography; IndexAcross north-central New Mexico and Arizona, along the line of Route 66, now Interstate 40, there first ran a little-known wagon trail called Beale's Wagon Road, after Edward F. Beale, who surveyed it for the War Department in 1857. This survey became famous for employing camels. Not so well known is the fate of the first emigrants who the next year attempted to follow its tracks. The government considered the 1857 exploration a success and the road it opened a promising alternative route to California but expected such things as military posts and developed water supplies to bMohave IndiansArizonaHistory19th centuryMohave IndiansWarsBeale RoadHistorySouthwest, NewDescription and travelArizonaHistoryTo 1912Mohave IndiansHistoryMohave IndiansWars.979.1/304Baley Charles W.1922-1025498MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910213825403321Disaster At The Colorado2438475UNINA