Journey Through the Rocky Mountains and the Humboldt Mountains to the Pacific Ocean

Description

From the Western & Civil War library of Jerry Crandall

Journey Through the Rocky Mountains and the Humboldt Mountains to the Pacific Ocean

by Jacob H. Schiel; translated and edited from the original German by Thomas N. Bonner

Condition; good, some shelf wear on the dust jacket over the hard cover

University of Oklahoma, 1959

A first-hand account from a German geologist who was part of the Gunnison Expedition sent out of Westport, Missouri, in 1853 to explore the possibilities of a railroad route to the Pacific. All the excitement of the opening of the West including an Indian massacre are presented here.