Disaster at the Colorado : Beale's wagon road and the first emigrant party / / Charles W. Baley

• Autore: Baley Charles W. <1922->
• Pubblicazione: Logan, : Utah State University Press, c2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 p.)
• Disciplina: 979.1/304
• Soggetto topico: Mohave Indians - Arizona - History - 19th century; Mohave Indians - Wars
• Soggetto geografico: Beale Road History; Southwest, New Description and travel; Arizona History To 1912
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-209) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Across 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Disaster At The Colorado
• ISBN: 1-283-26687-3; 9786613266873; 0-87421-461-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910213825403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II