Grit and Gold : The Death Valley Jayhawkers of 1849 /

"The Death Valley Jayhawkers were a group of young gold seekers who blundered into Death Valley at Christmas 1849. They were an uncongealed group when they left western Illinois, although many had been friends at school in Galesburg, but while traveling along the Platte River Road toward the go...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Johnson, Jean, 1937- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Reno, Nevada, USA : University of Nevada Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Jayhawker Party.
Pioneers.
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Gold mines and mining.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Or > Mines et extraction > Mort, Vallee de la (Calif. et Nev.) > Histoire.
Pionniers > Mort, Vallee de la (Calif. et Nev.) > Histoire.
Voyages par terre jusqu'au Pacifique.
Gold mines and mining > Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.) > History.
Pioneers > Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.) > History.
Frontier and pioneer life > Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.)
United States > Death Valley.
Mort, Vallee de la (Calif. et Nev.) > Histoire.
Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.) > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1 Jayhawker Beginning: Illinois to Council Bluffs p. 9
  • 2 Missouri River to Salt Lake City p. 24
  • 3 Great Salt Lake City to Mount Misery p. 55
  • 4 Mount Misery p. 72
  • 5 Mount Misery to Death Valley p. 77
  • 6 Death Valley p. 103
  • 7 Death Valley to Searles Valley p. 109
  • 8 Searles Valley to Soledad Pass p. 138
  • 9 Rancho San Francisco: Valley of Deliverance p. 163
  • 10 An Incomplete Afterword p. 177.

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