HOME  About Us  LOCAT Pipe Locator   Book page  Contact Us  Testimonials

 

 

Overland to California in 1859, A Guide for Wagon Train Travelers

     This book is an excellent educational tool for Upper Elementary, Junior, and Senior High Schools.  Written by Louis M. Bloch Jr. in 1980, the work describes how to organize a wagon train and travel to California and includes extensive excerpts from the emigrant guides of the day.  Included are:
  • Maps, illustrations, and itineraries of the principal routes between the Mississippi and the Pacific
  • Information on the territories of Nebraska, Kansas, and Utah
  • Arrival in California
  • Actual map of Indian Tribes in 1833. 
  • Reprints of actual advertisements of the day are a delight!

     Chapter Guide:

  • Choosing a Route to California
  • Organization of Companies
  • Supplies and Provisions
  • Building Camp Furniture
  • Marching
  • Advance and Rear Guards, Camps, Fording Rivers
  • Indians
  • Nebraska, Kansas, and Utah Territories
  • California

$12.95  (+shipping )

 

Books may be ordered from:

Bloch and Company

2204 Grapevine Circle

Virginia Beach, Virginia 23456-3549

Phone: (757) 427-5902  Fax: (757) 427-0421

Email: sales@blochandcompany.com

If paying by purchase order, download order form here in pdf format

 

 

Order conveniently through the PayPal secure system

(No PayPal account required)

 

Quantity   1  (  $   12.95   +    $   6.90 shipping)    =     $  19.85 total
Quantity   2  (  $   25.90   +    $   9.80 shipping)    =     $  35.70 total
Quantity   3  (  $   38.85   +    $   9.80 shipping)    =     $  48.65 total
Quantity   6  (  $   77.70   +    $ 16.15 shipping)    =     $  93.85 total
Quantity 12  (  $ 155.40   +    $ 21.40 shipping)    =     $176.80 total

Return Policy:  Defective product may be returned within 14 days. 

 Once defect is confirmed, refund will be made.

  Customer responsible for return shipping.

No restocking allowed.