Sierra crossing : first roads to California /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Howard, Thomas Frederick, 1946-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1998.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Roads > Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) > History > 19th century.
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Voyages par terre jusqu'au Pacifique.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Transportation.
TRANSPORTATION > Public Transportation.
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Roads
Travel
Vervoer.
Wegen.
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) > Description and travel.
Nevada, Sierra (Calif. et Nev.) > Descriptions et voyages.
United States > Sierra Nevada
Sierra Nevada (Verenigde Staten)
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. Mountain wall, snow, basins, and rivers
  • 2. Trans-Sierra transport before wheeled vehicles
  • 3. Wagon trains across the Sierra
  • 4. Local initiatives in road building
  • 5. State government road measures
  • 6. The distant prospect of railroads
  • 7. The federal government builds west to California
  • 8. Mail contracts and stagecoach service
  • 9. A revival of interest in road construction in California
  • 10. The central Pacific railroad
  • Epilogue: Trans-Sierra roads after 1869
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.

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