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Troubadour on the Road to Gold : William B. Lorton's 1849 Journal to California.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chicago : University of Utah Press, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (388 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781607817802
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Troubadour on the Road to GoldDDC classification:
  • 979.404092
LOC classification:
  • F593
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Maps -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Sirens' Call -- PART I: Gold Rush Overture -- 1. New York City to Monmouth, Illinois, 1848-1849 -- PART II: On the Trail: Western Illinois to Salt Lake City -- 2. Across Iowa to St. Joseph, Missouri -- 3. St. Joseph to Kanesville, Iowa -- 4. Kanesville to Fort Laramie, Wyoming -- 5. Fort Laramie to Independence Rock, Utah -- 6. Independence Rock to Salt Lake City -- PART III: The Southern Route: Salt Lake City to Pueblo de Los Angeles -- 7. Among the Mormons at Salt Lake City -- 8. Salt Lake City to Beaver River, Utah -- 9. Beaver River to Mount Misery, Utah -- 10. Travails in Terra Incognita -- 11. Old Spanish Trail into Southern California -- 12. California! -- 13. Afterword -- A PPENDIX A: Constitution, By-Laws, and Roster -- APPENDIX B: The San Joaquin Company's Disastrous Detour into the Escalante Desert -- References -- Index.
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Intro -- Contents -- Maps -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Sirens' Call -- PART I: Gold Rush Overture -- 1. New York City to Monmouth, Illinois, 1848-1849 -- PART II: On the Trail: Western Illinois to Salt Lake City -- 2. Across Iowa to St. Joseph, Missouri -- 3. St. Joseph to Kanesville, Iowa -- 4. Kanesville to Fort Laramie, Wyoming -- 5. Fort Laramie to Independence Rock, Utah -- 6. Independence Rock to Salt Lake City -- PART III: The Southern Route: Salt Lake City to Pueblo de Los Angeles -- 7. Among the Mormons at Salt Lake City -- 8. Salt Lake City to Beaver River, Utah -- 9. Beaver River to Mount Misery, Utah -- 10. Travails in Terra Incognita -- 11. Old Spanish Trail into Southern California -- 12. California! -- 13. Afterword -- A PPENDIX A: Constitution, By-Laws, and Roster -- APPENDIX B: The San Joaquin Company's Disastrous Detour into the Escalante Desert -- References -- Index.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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