LEADER 02747nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910213825403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-26687-3 010 $a9786613266873 010 $a0-87421-461-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000688609 035 $a(EBL)316736 035 $a(OCoLC)646825770 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000358920 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11248225 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000358920 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10377968 035 $a(PQKB)11569664 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3442765 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse16320 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC316736 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL316736 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000688609 100 $a20020312d2002 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDisaster at the Colorado $eBeale's wagon road and the first emigrant party /$fCharles W. Baley 210 $aLogan $cUtah State University Press$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (249 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-87421-438-6 311 $a0-87421-437-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 204-209) and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Index 330 $aAcross 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 b 606 $aMohave Indians$zArizona$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aMohave Indians$xWars 607 $aBeale Road$xHistory 607 $aSouthwest, New$xDescription and travel 607 $aArizona$xHistory$yTo 1912 615 0$aMohave Indians$xHistory 615 0$aMohave Indians$xWars. 676 $a979.1/304 700 $aBaley$b Charles W.$f1922-$01025498 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910213825403321 996 $aDisaster At The Colorado$92438475 997 $aUNINA