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Disaster at the Colorado : Beale's wagon road and the first emigrant party /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baley, Charles W., 1922-
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Logan : Utah State University Press, [2002]
Subjects:
Beale, Edward Fitzgerald, > 1822-1893.
Mohave Indians > Arizona > History > 19th century.
Mohave Indians > Wars.
Beale Road > History.
Southwest, New > Description and travel.
Arizona > History > To 1912.
Beale, Edward Fitzgerald > 1822-1893.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Mohave Indians.
Travel.
Arizona.
Southwest, New.
United States > Beale Road.
To 1912
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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.