Disaster at the Colorado : Beale's wagon road and the first emigrant party /
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 kn...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Logan :
Utah State University Press,
[2002]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 216 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-209) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780874214611 0874214610 |