Report of Explorations Across the Great Basin of the Territory of Utah for a

J. H. Simpson

ISBN 10: 1334314616 / ISBN 13: 9781334314612

Editore: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Print on Demand. This book delves into the fascinating and often perilous history of exploring the Great Basin of Utah, a vast and largely unknown region in the American West. The author meticulously traces the footsteps of early explorers, beginning with the intrepid journey of Father Escalante in 1776, who attempted to reach Monterey, California, from Santa Fe, New Mexico. The book then recounts the explorations of fur traders and explorers like James Bridger and Joseph Walker, who ventured into the Basin in the early 19th century, seeking to map the region and find new trade routes. The author also highlights the groundbreaking explorations of John C. Fremont, who famously crossed the Sierra Nevada and explored the Basin in the 1840s. Through detailed accounts of these expeditions and a wealth of historical information, the author reveals the challenges and triumphs of early exploration, highlighting the dangers, the resilience, and the vital role played by these pioneers in shaping the American West. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book.

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• Titolo: Report of Explorations Across the Great Basin of the Territory of Utah for a
• Editore: Forgotten Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1334314616
• ISBN 13: 9781334314612
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: New
• Tipo di libro: print-on-demand item
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Geology

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Excerpt from Report of Explorations Across the Great Basin of the Territory of Utah for a Direct Wagon-Route From Camp Floyd to Genoa, in Carson Valley, in 1859

The destination of Escalante, his journal Shows, was Monterey, on the Pacific coast; but being forced, doubtless by the desert immediately west of Lake Utah, to take the so-called southern or Los Angeles route, which Bonneville's party in 1834 and Fremont in 1844 followed, and finding that, while making a great deal of south ing, he had made but little progress toward Monterey, his provisions giving out, and he fearing the approach of winter, with some difficulty he prevailed upon his party to abandon the idea of reaching Monterey, and to return to Santa Fé by the way of the villages of the Moquis and of Zuni. (see the map of his route, Plate I, Appendix R.)

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.