The Southern Emigrant Trail Through Riverside County
The Southern Emigrant Trail Through Riverside County

Author: Anne J. Miller Ph. D.

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 111

ISBN-13: 1477211497

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This unique story of the Southern Emigrant Trail through Riverside County, based almost entirely on historic records, identifies the location of the trail and tells the stories of those who traveled along the route or lived in the area during the mid-1800s. Surveyors' field notes, newspaper articles, diaries and journals, military records, censuses, and many other records provide the reader the opportunity to "experience" this exciting era in Southern California history. Detailed maps with the route and other information are included along with many historic and current photographs.

The California Trail
The California Trail

Author: George R. Stewart

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 1983-01-01

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 9780803291430

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In 1841 and 1842 small groups of emigrants tried to discover a route to California passable by wagons. Without reliable maps or guides, they pushed ahead, retreated, detoured, split up, and regrouped, reaching their destination only at great cost of property and life. But they had found a trail, or cleared one, and by their mistakes had shown others how to take wagon trains across half a continent. By 1844 a great migration was in progress. Each successive party learned from those who went before where to cross rivers and mountains, when to rest, when to forge ahead, and how to find food and water. Increased experience was translated into better wagon designs, improved understanding of climate and terrain, and better-supplied and -organized caravans. George R. Stewart's California Trail describes the trail's year-by-year changes as weather conditions, new exploration, and the changing character of emigrants affected it. Successes and disasters (like the Donner party's fate) are presented in nearly personal detail. More than a history of the trail, this book tells how to travel it, what it felt like, what was feared and hoped for.

Going Along the Emigrant Trails
Going Along the Emigrant Trails

Author: Barbara Fifer

Publisher: Farcountry Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 1560373547

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Describes the experiences of families heading west across prairies, mountains, and dangerous rivers to start a new life from the 1850s to the mid-1860s.

The Emigrant's Guide to Oregon and California
The Emigrant's Guide to Oregon and California

Author: Lansford Warren Hastings

Publisher: Applewood Books

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 157

ISBN-13: 1557092451

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Published in 1845, this guidebook for pioneers is a reproduction of one of the most collectible books about California and the Western movement. It was the guidebook used by the Donner Party on their fateful journey. In addition, because Hastings' shortcut route through the Rockies produced such tragedy, the War Department commissioned The Prairie Traveler.

Overland
Overland

Author: Greg MacGregor

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13:

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It has been over 150 years since pioneers first went west from Missouri, across Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, and Nevada into California, across the vast plains, formidable mountains, and desert. Although the route known as the California Emigrant Trail is mostly unmarked today, much evidence remains. Photographer Greg MacGregor has researched the trail and traveled it for thousands of miles. He has photographed the eroded ruts, emigrant graves, pieces of burned and abandoned wagons. He has also photographed what has sprung up over the trail: KOA campgrounds, golf courses, housing developments. The images are poignant, sometimes amusing, occasionally downright terrifying, and always fascinating in what they reveal about pioneer overland travel. Showing these photographs with excerpts from emigrants' diaries and advice from nineteenth-century guidebooks, Greg MacGregor presents us with a vivid and intimate picture of what the journey was like for those with no idea of what lay ahead. At the same time he captures the ironies in the landscape of the late-twentieth-century West.

Surviving the Oregon Trail, 1852
Surviving the Oregon Trail, 1852

Author: Weldon Willis Rau

Publisher: Washington State University Press

Published: 2021-08-03

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 1636820646

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With numbers swelled by Oregon-bound settlers as well as hordes of gold-seekers destined for California, the 1852 overland migration was the largest on record in a year taking a terrible toll in lives mainly due to deadly cholera. Included here are firsthand accounts of this fateful year, including the words and thoughts of a young married couple, Mary Ann and Willis Boatman, released for the first time in book-length form. In its immediacy, Surviving the Oregon Trail, 1852 opens a window to the travails of the overland journeyers--their stark camps, treacherous river fordings, and dishonest countrymen; the shimmering plains and mountain vastnesses; trepidation at crossing ancient Indian lands; and the dark angel of death hovering over the wagon columns. But also found here are acts of valor, compassion, and kindness, and the hope for a new life in a new land at the end of the trail.

Emigrants on the Overland Trail
Emigrants on the Overland Trail

Author: Michael E. LaSalle

Publisher: Truman State Univ Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 516

ISBN-13: 9781935503958

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Presenting the “lost” year of the overland emigrants in 1848, this volume sheds light on the journey of the men, women, children, and the wagon trains that made the challenging trek from Missouri to Oregon and California. These primary sources, written by seven men and women diarists from different wagon companies, tell how settlers endured the tribulations of a five-month westward journey covering 2,000 miles. These intrepid souls include a young mother, a French priest, a college-educated teacher, and an ox driver. Subjected to the extremes of fear, failure, suffering, and hope, they persevered and finally triumphed.

The Emigrant Trail
The Emigrant Trail

Author: Geraldine Bonner

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-12-04

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13:

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"The Emigrant Trail" by Geraldine Bonner is a captivating and evocative novel that follows the trials and triumphs of brave pioneers on their journey along the emigrant trail. Set against the backdrop of the American West during the 19th century, this ebook immerses readers in a gripping tale of courage, hope, and resilience. Bonner's vivid storytelling and authentic portrayal of the hardships faced by emigrants make this ebook a powerful and emotionally resonant read. With its exploration of human endurance and the indomitable spirit of those who dared to seek a better life, "The Emigrant Trail" is a compelling and immersive historical novel.

Bruff's Wake
Bruff's Wake

Author: Harold L. James

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781893061088

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"Bruff's Wake tells the story of forty-niners who survived hardship with resolve and endurance. The accompanying illustrations, which include a number of Bruff's sketches paired with modern photographs taken at the same sites, give vivid depictions of life and death on the California Trail in 1849. In addition, Bruff's route is correlated to the geography of the modern era, so that the trail can be traced on modern maps. Taken together, the narrative, sketches, photographs, and geological descriptions of the terrain, coupled with generous quotes from Bruff's long-out-of-print journal, allow the reader to follow in Bruff's wake" -- Publisher's description, p. [4] of cover.