Hard road west : history & geology along the Gold Rush trail /

In 1849 news of the discovery of gold in California triggered an enormous wave of emigration toward the Pacific. Lured by the promise of riches, thousands of settlers left behind the forests, rain, and fertile soil of the eastern United States in favor of the rough-hewn lands of the American West. T...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Meldahl, Keith Heyer
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Temas:
1800-1899
Pioneers > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
Pioneers > West (U.S.) > Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.)
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Landscapes > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
Landforms > West (U.S.)
Geology > West (U.S.)
Voyages par terre jusqu'au Pacifique.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Frontier and pioneer life
Geography
Geology
Landforms
Landscapes
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Pioneers
Travel
Erschließung
Goldrausch
Frontier.
Goldrausch.
Geologie.
West (U.S.) > History > 1848-1860.
West (U.S.) > Description and travel.
West (U.S.) > Geography.
États-Unis (Ouest) > Histoire > 1848-1860.
États-Unis (Ouest) > Descriptions et voyages.
West United States
Wilder Westen
Frontier
USA
Weststaaten (USA)
collective biographies.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
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