Death Valley Days - The Manly Trail
Death Valley Days - The Manly Trail

Author: Larry W Jones

Publisher:

Published: 2022-01-09

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781716015465

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"Death Valley Days - The Manly Trail" is the true story of William Lewis Manly and the pioneers he led through a life and death drama on their way to the gold fields of California in 1849. From the green fields of the Northern United States to the barren rocks, bare mountains and hot sands of an unnamed desert valley, the reader is transported and transfixed as history comes to life. How Death Valley got its name is revealed in all its tragedy and triumph. Some lived and some died. William Lewis Manly lived to tell the tale of going through the valley and returning to it to save the rest of his stranded party. "Death Valley Days - The Manly Trail" is the True West, in details that captivate.

Death Valley in '49
Death Valley in '49

Author: William Lewis Manly

Publisher:

Published: 1894

Total Pages: 520

ISBN-13:

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William Lewis Manly (1820-1903) and his family left Vermont in 1828, and he grew to manhood in Michigan and Wisconsin. On hearing the news of gold in California, Manly set off on horseback, joining an emigrant party in Missouri. Death Valley in '49 (1894) contains Manly's account of that overland journey. Setting out too late in the year to risk a northern passage thorugh the Sierras, the group takes the southern route to California, unluckily choosing an untried short cut through the mountains. This fateful decision brings the party through Death Valley, and Manly describes their trek through the desert, as well as the experiences of the Illinois "Jayhawkers" and others who took the Death Valley route. Manly's memoirs continue with his trip north to prospecting near the Mariposa mines, a brief trip back east via the Isthmus, and his return to California and another try at prospecting on the North Fork of the Yuba at Downieville in 1851. He provides lively ancedotes of life in mining camps and of his visits to Stockton, Sacramento, and San Francisco.

The Man Who Beat Death Valley
The Man Who Beat Death Valley

Author: Deborah A. Fox

Publisher:

Published: 2020-11-17

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780578720227

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As thrilling a tale as the Donner Party, this graphic novel tells the true story of William Lewis Manly, who risked his life to save pioneer families from dying in a barren wasteland.THE MAN WHO BEAT DEATH VALLEY reveals how Death Valley earned its name, told for the first time in a graphic novel.

Death Valley and the Amargosa
Death Valley and the Amargosa

Author: Richard E. Lingenfelter

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1988-01-11

Total Pages: 700

ISBN-13: 9780520908888

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This is the history of Death Valley, where that bitter stream the Amargosa dies. It embraces the whole basin of the Amargosa from the Panamints to the Spring Mountains, from the Palmettos to the Avawatz. And it spans a century from the earliest recollections and the oldest records to that day in 1933 when much of the valley was finally set aside as a National Monument. This is the story of an illusory land, of the people it attracted and of the dreams and delusions they pursued-the story of the metals in its mountains and the salts in its sinks, of its desiccating heat and its revitalizing springs, and of all the riches of its scenery and lore-the story of Indians and horse thieves, lost argonauts and lost mine hunters, prospectors and promoters, miners and millionaires, stockholders and stock sharps, homesteaders and hermits, writers and tourists. But mostly this is the story of the illusions-the illusions of a shortcut to the gold diggings that lured the forty-niners, of inescapable deadliness that hung in the name they left behind, of lost bonanzas that grew out of the few nuggets they found, of immeasurable riches spread by hopeful prospectors and calculating con men, and of impenetrable mysteries concocted by the likes of Scotty. These and many lesser illusions are the heart of its history.

Salt to Summit
Salt to Summit

Author: Daniel Arnold

Publisher: Catapult

Published: 2012-06-01

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 161902084X

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From the depths of Death Valley, Daniel Arnold set out to reach Mount Whitney in a way no road or trail could take him. Anything manmade or designed to make travel easy was out. With a backpack full of empty two–liter bottles, and the remotest corners of desert before him, he began his toughest test yet of physical and mental endurance. Badwater Basin sits 282 feet below sea level in Death Valley, the lowest and hottest place in the Western Hemisphere. Mount Whitney rises 14,505 feet above sea level, the highest point in the contiguous United States. Arnold spent seventeen days traveling a roundabout route from one to the other, traversing salt flats, scaling dunes, and sinking into slot canyons. Aside from bighorn sheep and a phantom mountain lion, his only companions were ghosts of the dreamers and misfits who first dared into this unknown territory. He walked in the footsteps of William Manly, who rescued the last of the forty–niners from the bottom of Death Valley; tracked John LeMoigne, a prospector who died in the sand with his burros; and relived the tales of Mary Austin, who learned the secret trails of the Shoshone Indians. This is their story too, as much as it is a history of salt and water and of the places they collide and disappear. Guiding the reader up treacherous climbs and through burning sands, Arnold captures the dramatic landscapes as only he can with photographs to bring it all to life. From the salt to the summit, this is an epic journey across America's most legendary desert.

Summary of William Lewis Manly's Death Valley in '49
Summary of William Lewis Manly's Death Valley in '49

Author: Milkyway Media

Publisher: Milkyway Media

Published: 2024-03-25

Total Pages: 27

ISBN-13:

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Get the Summary of William Lewis Manly's Death Valley in '49 in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Death Valley in '49" is an autobiographical account by William Lewis Manly, detailing his experiences during the California Gold Rush. Born into a modest farming family, Manly's early life was characterized by hard work and self-reliance. In 1829, his family moved westward to Michigan, where they continued farming...

The Explorer's Guide to Death Valley National Park, Third Edition
The Explorer's Guide to Death Valley National Park, Third Edition

Author: T. Scott Bryan

Publisher: University Press of Colorado

Published: 2015-01-15

Total Pages: 475

ISBN-13: 1607323419

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Originally published in 1995, soon after Death Valley National Park became the fifty-third park in the U.S. park system, The Explorer's Guide to Death Valley National Park was the first complete guidebook available for this spectacular area. Now in its third edition, this is still the only book that includes all aspects of the park. Much more than just a guidebook, it covers the park's cultural history, botany and zoology, hiking and biking opportunities, and more. Information is provided for all of Death Valley's visitors, from first-time travelers just learning about the area to those who are returning for in-depth explorations. The book includes updated point-to-point logs for every road within and around the park, as well as more accurate map than those in any other publication. With extensive input from National Park Service resource management, law enforcement, and interpretive personnel, as well as a thorough bibliography for suggested reading, The Explorer's Guide to Death Valley National Park, Third Edition is the most up-to-date, accurate, and comprehensive guide available for this national treasure.

Death Valley in '49
Death Valley in '49

Author: William Lewis Manly

Publisher: Heyday Books

Published: 1894

Total Pages: 379

ISBN-13: 9781890771478

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In the winter of 1849, William Lewis Manly, a pioneer immigrant to California, and his companions blundered into Death Valley as they turned south from the Rockies in search of a quicker route to the gold fields. The group was stranded, and Manly and another man set out on foot to find help. Fourteen harrowing days later they wandered into Mission San Fernando. They returned to Death Valley with supplies and brought their companions to safety. Encouraged by his friends, Manly wrote his remarkable story, detailing the journey and rescue mission. It was first published in 1894 and has gone on to become a cornerstone of the history of western exploration. Lawrence Clark Powell, in his book California Classics, describes it as "a chronicle of death and disaster, survival and heroism, distinguished by narrative power, specific event, and precise observation." Introduced by noted historian Patricia Limerick and freshly edited, indexed, and annotated in an unusually handsome edition, Death Valley in '49 is both an important book -- central to our understanding of early California -- and, with its compelling narrative, a joy to read.